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misstop

verb

Etymology

From mis- + stop.

  1. derived from *(s)tewp-✻
  2. inherited from *stuppōną✻ — “to stop, close”
  3. inherited from *stoppōn✻
  4. inherited from stoppian — “to stop, close”
  5. inherited from stoppen
  6. prefixed as misstop — “mis + stop”

Definitions

  1. To stop badly or wrongly.

    • […] the slipping or breaking of a string or the misstopping of a fret.
    • Even within an apparently English-only range, sounds are difficult enough to govern, as Quince's misstopped Prologue makes clear.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA