mis-swing

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To swing incorrectly.

   • And Hank taught the youngster to deliberately mis-swing at a certain pitch early in the game; later, in a decisive situation, the pitcher might give him the same pitch again, and he could slam it.
   • It was winter, with some snow on the ground, but we were making good progress until I mis-swung my axe, bounced it off the tree, and buried it in my leg.
   • I seen one man from the 16th nigh chop his foot off when he mis-swung his axe.
2. 2

   A botched swing

   • Eckhart also speaks of this happening to a man who has misstepped (vertreten, as I recall); God, then, corrects the mis-swing of the man and brings him back to the Tao or Logos.
   • So the stance was crucial, because a mis-swing or glancing blow off the wood could veer towards a leading leg.
   • And to her advantage, his mis-swing upset his equilibrium, and so gains her a few seconds.

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