miskick

Foot meets ball poorly

A miskick is a badly executed kick, one that fails to connect properly with its target.

The term appears almost exclusively in sports contexts—especially soccer, rugby, and football—where a miskick sends the ball in an unintended direction or with insufficient force: His miskick went straight to the opposing goalkeeper.

The verb miskick describes making such an error.

soccer

shank

Lower leg segment

deflection · clearance · volley · tackle · penalty · corner · offside · goalkeeper · striker · midfielder

blunder

flub

Clumsy error

  • fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
  • botchSpoil through incompetence
  • bungleFail through clumsiness

miscue · gaffe · blooper · goof · mishap · misstep · slip · howler · clanger · screwup

Categories
Opposites
quality of kick execution

miskickclean hit

Uncontested fair contact

thunderbolt · screamer

Family

miskicked, miskicking

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G