mishit, n.
(ˈmɪshɪt)
[mis-1 4.]
In cricket, tennis, etc., a faulty or bad hit.
| 1882 Australians in Eng. 25 He made two mishits which fell harmless. 1898 Westm. Gaz. i Jan. 5/1 Caught at mid-off by Hirst, off a mis-hit. 1928 Daily Tel. 11 May 18/1 Lyon has never played a better innings... I did not notice that he made even a mis-hit. 1963 Times 11 June 4/6 Bear's bold effort ended in a mishit to leg slip. |
So misˈhit (also erron. miss-hit) v. trans., to hit (a ball) faultily. Also misˈhitting vbl. n.
| 1904 P. F. Warner How we recovered Ashes ix. 189 Gregory..mis-hit Braund and Rhodes caught him easily at backward point. 1930 Times 17 Mar. 4/4 Three minutes from the end Craig made his only mistake of the game, miss-hitting a bumping ball. 1963 Times 6 May 3/5 Some flashes of brilliance,..together with a good deal of mishitting,..suggests that the final next Sunday may provide an attractive game. Ibid. 13 June 3/2 Booth batted sensibly for an hour to claim 33 out of 47 before mishitting a towering catch to backward point. 1974 Country Life 21 Feb. 360/1, I wondered whether he had mishit his tee shot. |