Poorly struck shots
Mishits is the plural of mishit—a stroke or shot that fails to connect cleanly with the ball.
The term appears most often in golf, tennis, and cricket: A few mishits cost her the match.
As a verb, to mishit is to strike poorly: He mishit the drive into the rough.
Lower leg segment
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Poorly struck shots
Mishits is the plural of mishit—a stroke or shot that fails to connect cleanly with the ball.
The term appears most often in golf, tennis, and cricket: A few mishits cost her the match.
As a verb, to mishit is to strike poorly: He mishit the drive into the rough.
1. sports — shank, Lower leg segment; slice (Portion cut off); hook (Curved catching device); duff (Buttocks, informally); top · skull · chunk · thin · fat · whiff · blade · pull · push · flare
2. errors — blunders, Serious mistakes from carelessness; flubs (Botches through carelessness); fumbles (Handles clumsily, drops); missteps (Mistakes or errors); slip-ups · botches · goofs · bungles · miscues · mistakes · misfires · misplays · miscalculations · bobbles
execution successmishits ≠ precision strikes Targeted attacks minimizing collateral
QUALITY OF CONTACT/STRIKEmishits ≠ bullseyes Exact center strikes
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/mishits