SINCE 1828
miskick
verb
mis·kick
| \ ˌmis-ˈkik
\
\
miskicked;
miskicking
Definition of miskick
sports
: to kick in a faulty manner
… when the ball is knocked into the box seven minutes from time, he miskicks so violently that he falls over …— Nick Hornby
: to kick wrongly
One minute later, Italy's Cristian Zaccardo tried to clear a United States free kick and miskicked the ball into the Italian goal.— Jere Longman
Other Words from miskick
miskick
\ ˈmis-ˌkik
\
noun,
plural miskicks
\
noun,
plural miskicks
We got off to a slow start and had a lot of miskicks and missed shots.
— Kory Pinard
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