MISDEAL (misdealt)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: misdealt   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does misdeal mean? 

• MISDEAL (noun)
  The noun MISDEAL has 1 sense:

1. an incorrect deal

  Familiarity information: MISDEAL used as a noun is very rare.

• MISDEAL (verb)
  The verb MISDEAL has 1 sense:

1. deal cards wrongly

  Familiarity information: MISDEAL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISDEAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An incorrect deal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("misdeal" is a kind of...):

deal (the act of distributing playing cards)

Derivation:

misdeal (deal cards wrongly)

• MISDEAL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they misdeal    ... he / she / it misdeals   
Past simple: misdealt   
Past participle: misdealt   
-ing form: misdealing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deal cards wrongly

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "misdeal" is one way to...):

deal (distribute cards to the players in a game)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

misdeal (an incorrect deal)