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misthrow

/mɪsˈθɹəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-throw
IPA
/mɪsˈθɹəʊ/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To throw incorrectly.

Transitive verb

noun

An incorrect throw.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English throw English misthrow From mis- + throw.

Usage

Inflected Forms

misthrows (present, singular) misthrowing (participle, present) misthrew (past) misthrown (participle, past) misthrows (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

miscatch

Questions

How do you pronounce misthrow?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈθɹəʊ/.
What does misthrow mean?
To throw incorrectly.
Where does misthrow come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English throw English misthrow From mis- + throw.

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