Sekirov Dictionary

misgrab

/ˈmɪsɡɹæb/

noun 2
/mɪsˈɡɹæb/ verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A failed attempt to grab something.
- He hauls in the twenty yards of it in frantic haste, making many a misgrab and getting more excited, I'll warrant, than he ever was with any but his first bear. — 1903
•
(figurative) A mistake.
- It is easy for the American visitor to make a “misgrab” here because, blinded by the surface similarities, he fails to take the hidden differences into consideration. — 1964

misgrab

/mɪsˈɡɹæb/

verb1

•
To fail in an attempt to grab something
- Schliemann misgrabbed his cup to toast the deal, and its toppled plastic cylinder rolled spillessly from side to side in the valley of his tray. — 2007

forms

misgrabbed · misgrabbing · misgrabs

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