Meaning of mispull | Babel Free
Definitions
- To pull badly, using incorrect technique.
- To pull something that one should not pull.
Examples
“Recruits had the appearance of “mispulled taffy."”
“The second ball of his second over is a shortish, straight delivery that Hussey, cramped for room, mispulls straight.”
“Jess's eyelids had slid down over those icy-blue eyes, almost closed, almost crooked, like mispulled blinds.”
“A mispulled switch . . One of those minor accidents common to electric lighting systems .”
“This 0.2 % covers miscellaneous breakage, some minor pilferage, mispulled product, and so on.”
“Where are the losses factored in from rework correcting mispulled items because the pull list was hard to read?”
“The tip would read as follows: never defend on the basis that your expert opponent has mispulled his card.”
“To his analysis may be added the same pattern in the concluding plot unit of chapter 6: when Germann mispulls the queen of spades instead of the ace, he leans forward stunned and leans back, leans forward again to see the queen of spaces wink at him, and falls back from the table.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.