misshift

present singular third person misshifts · participle present misshifting · participle past misshifted · past misshifted

1. 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.

   If you wait until later, your drivetrain is liable to misshift under the hard pedaling load.

   1990, Joe Kita, Bicycling Magazine's New Bike Owner's Guide, page 28

   2 more examples

   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.

   1989, Trial Lawyers Quarterly - Volume 20, page 13

   This skill takes a while to develop, and even the best riders misshift from time to time, but with time shifting becomes second nature.

   1996, Dave King, Michael Kaminer, The Mountain Bike Experience

2. To change direction, location, or form incorrectly.

   By using this as a cue, it is thought that their sense of direction was less likely to misshift.

   2022, Francisco Rebelo, Ergonomics in Design, page 515

   2 more examples

   After checking the original data, we found that this trace was misshifted in the original gather.

   1992, Stanford Exploration Project - Issue 73, page 195

   "You misshifted?” He takes several deep breaths. “Into what?” “A panther,” I whisper down into my plate.

   2010, Fresno Scifi, Fantasy Writers, I Dreamed a Crooked Dream, page 198

plural misshifts

1. An instance of misshifting (either sense).

   So, the eventual coordinate misshift should not be significant.

   2004, João Agria Torres, EUREF Publication No. 13, page 144

   3 more examples

   A misshift or a dropped chain can really ruin your cadence and momentum.

   2006, Marla Streb, Bicycling Magazine's Century Training Program, page 176

   Four misshifts and a throttle burp later, I couldn't stand it anymore, and made him surrender control of the vehicle.

   2008, Chris Lemmon, A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father

   These hyperliterary historical misshifts centered in the superheated technological and cultural engine of the US-centric English-speaking imperium.

   2009, Francisco J. Ricardo, Literary Art in Digital Performance, page 182