mispunch verb 3noun 1forms 3 verb3 •To punch the wrong key or button on a keyboard, keypad, keypunch, or similar device.Unlike the computer, the researcher may very well tire of running regression coefficients after the first dozen or two, and begin to misread his data or mispunch the buttons on his desk calculator. — 1967 •To punch a ball or similar object so that it does not go to the intended destination.Four of us stood behind the baseline while two crouched at the net (expecting at any moment to get hit by an errant serve or mispunched volley). — 2006 •To punch a hole in the wrong place. noun1 •An act or result of mispunching (any sense).What happens when a mispunch is found in an input record? — 1978 formsmispunched · mispunching · mispunches
