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MISDEAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: misdealt   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An incorrect deal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("misdeal" is a kind of...):

deal (the act of distributing playing cards)

Derivation:

misdeal (deal cards wrongly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deal cards wrongly

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "misdeal" is one way to...):

deal (distribute cards to the players in a game)

Domain category:

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

misdeal (an incorrect deal)

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