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MISSPEAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misspeak mean?
• MISSPEAK (verb)
The verb MISSPEAK has 1 sense:
1. pronounce a word incorrectly
Familiarity information: MISSPEAK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pronounce a word incorrectly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
mispronounce; misspeak
Context example:
She mispronounces many Latinate words
Hypernyms (to "misspeak" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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