mistoss

present singular third person mistosses · participle present mistossing · participle past mistossed · past mistossed

1. To toss incorrectly.

   A young riveter follows a mistossed bolt into a rich girl's boudoir to prevent a fire.

   1980, Stanley Green, Rodgers and Hammerstein Fact Book, page 126

   4 more examples

   I worked with absolute focus, as though mistossing one piece of brush might make the difference.

   1989, Miles Wilson, Line of Fall, page 70

   The warm and limber hand that had offered nuts or berries, caught my mistossed balls, set young “Mast' Edguh” on his feet after a fall?

   2010, Peter Matthiessen, Shadow Country

   When she was in stretching distance of the mattress, she keeled over rigidly like a caber that had been mistossed.

   2012, Francesca Clementis, Big Girls Don't Cry

   Demonstrate repeated miscommunication by asking students to gather in a circle as they mis-toss a soft foam ball to one another.

   2019, Toby Karten, Mindfulness in the Inclusive Classroom, page 3

plural mistosses

1. An instance of mistossing.

   Accused one another of intentional mistosses during live performances.

   2006, Mark Binelli, Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die!