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Catch badly?
Answer for the clue "Catch badly? ", 7 letters:
mishear
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Word definitions for mishear in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mishear \Mis*hear"\, v. t. & i. To hear incorrectly.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English mishieran , mishyran "to disobey;" see mis- (1) + hear . Sense of "to hear incorrectly" first recorded early 13c. Related: Misheard ; mishearing .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To hear wrongly. 2 To misunderstand.
Usage examples of mishear.
She turned her head and looked at Richard, convinced that she had either misheard him, or that he was teasing her out of her dissatisfaction.
For a moment, Nancy thought she had misheard, or certainly misunderstood her sister.
He and Abraham had hatched some running joke of mishearing one another.
Even if the method of communication allowed for mishearing, he did not want her to repeat that particular information.
Boethius, Cassiodorus Pater and Filius, myself and other marshals, nobles and officials of every degree were continually being accused by Theodoric of having misheard his orders, misread his decrees or misinterpreted his intentions.
His voice was so low that Elizabeth thought at first she had misheard him.
You said, unless I misheard you, that you could see to it that a man got his dearest wish.
But if anyone else around the ville misheard when your friend was born it might be harmful.