miscall /mɪskɔːl/verb 5noun 1forms 3 verb5 •To call (someone or something) incorrectly or by the wrong title or name.‘In this country, peasants miscall it “Cowslip,” though of course the true Cowslip, Primula veris, is a different plant altogether.’ — 1969 •To make a wrong call (prediction or announcement). •To announce the result of an election incorrectly. •To announce one's hand of cards incorrectly.When the loser thinks he has the hand beat he turns over his hand only to find that the winner has miscalled his hand, and since "cards speak," the miscaller wins. — 1983 •(dialect) To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.But one aboue the rest in speciall, / That had an hog beene late, hight Grille by name, / Repined greatly, and did him miscall, / That had from hoggish forme him brought to naturall. — 1590 noun1 •An incorrect call. formsmiscalled · miscalling · miscalls
