miscatch

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A catch in which the wrong type of fish is caught, and so must be released.

   • At temperatures below fifty, the proportion of catch to miscatch is almost equal ; between fifty and sixty degrees the proportion is about four catches to one miscatch.
   • Investigating types and number of fishing gears; catch per unit of effort by different fishing gears; miscatch amount and bycatch ratio of fish banned.
2. 2

   The act of catching in which the thing that is caught is then dropped

   The act of catching in which the thing that is caught is then dropped; a fumble.

   • On dealing with a shot which is coming rather higher he should stand square to the kicker with his body well behind his hands, in the event of a miscatch or fumble.
   • We regret the slip, but then we take consolation in the fact that the best of jugglers sometimes make a miscatch.
   • Children are sometimes poor sports simply because they have never been told exactly how to be a good sport. Role-playing or teacher demonstration of misthrows or miscatches is often helpful and fun.
3. 3

   An act of catching in which something is caught wrongly, such as in the wrong position.

   • It is necessary to jet the water of about 50-100mm at the end of free flying, as lower/ smaller than this limit to instabilise the weft causing mispick or miscatch problems on the other side thus causing the machine to stop.
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   1. 4

      A misperception or misidentification.

      • A miscatch of sound, slip of hand, waver in decision and $100,000 is dropped into a mile-deep hole never again to be fished up.
   2. 5

      To make a miscatch (any sense).

      • Auto detection can be interrupted any time by the user if the program miscatches the markers.
   3. 6

      To stutter or break the flow of words when speaking.

      • A woman near—her face livid in the stage-light and her eyes like cairngorms—miscaught a line and laughed aloud. Her panic at the sound of her own voice alone, was that of a doe parted from the herd.
      • On occasions when he might have discussed Gray with someone other than Jeannie, an anxiety would paw at his throat, his voice would miscatch, and his mind would stutter over what he'd meant to say.

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