misgrab

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misgrab

/ˈmɪsɡɹæb/
/mɪsˈɡɹæb/

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From mis- + grab.

noun misgrabs

A failed attempt to grab something. He hauls in the twenty yards of it in frantic haste, making many a misgrab and getting more excited, I'll warrant, than he ever was with any but his first bear.
figuratively A mistake. It is easy for the American visitor to make a “misgrab” here because, blinded by the surface similarities, he fails to take the hidden differences into consideration.

verb misgrabs · misgrabbing · misgrabbed

To fail in an attempt to grab something […] misgrabbing or catching an apparatus or opponent

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@misc{misgrab_2026,
  title = {misgrab},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misgrab},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}