misshift
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To change gears incorrectly, such as switching into the wrong gear or ending up in a state when the vehicle is not in gear, or being in the wrong gear for a certain time of driving when another gear is required.
verb
To change direction, location, or form incorrectly.
noun
An instance of misshifting (either sense).
Example Sentences
- "His expert testimony indicated that it would have been technologically feasible and economically viable to install a warning system, at a cost of between $20 to $50, that would cause a horn to go off and a light to flash on the shift indicator if the driver should misshift the vehicle or begin to leave it when the gear shift was not latched in park."
- "If you wait until later, your drivetrain is liable to misshift under the hard pedaling load."
- "This skill takes a while to develop, and even the best riders misshift from time to time, but with time shifting becomes second nature."
- "After checking the original data, we found that this trace was misshifted in the original gather."
- ""You misshifted?” He takes several deep breaths. “Into what?” “A panther,” I whisper down into my plate."
- "By using this as a cue, it is thought that their sense of direction was less likely to misshift."