mishookn.
/ˈmɪsˌhʊk/, U.S. /ˈmɪsˌ(h)ʊk/ Cricket.
A mistimed hook shot.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke
long ball1744
nip1752
catch1816
no-hit1827
cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
chop-
1961 Times 16 May 4/1 Minney..was caught off a mis-hook.
1986 Times 22 Aug. 32/3 Coney was beginning to tuck into Botham, now on his second spell, when the star of the day forced a mishook out of him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
mishookv.
/ˌmɪsˈhʊk/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈhʊk/ Cricket.
transitive. To hook (a ball) badly. Also intransitive.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke
take1578
stop1744
nip1752
block1772
drive1773
cut1816
draw1816
tip1816
poke1836
spoon1836
mow1844
to put up1845
smother1845
sky1849
crump1850
to pick up1851
pull1851
skyrocket1851
swipe1851
to put down1860
to get away1868
smite1868
snick1871
lift1874
crack1882
smack1882
off-drive1888
snip1890
leg1892
push1893
hook1896
flick1897
on-drive1897
chop1898
glance1898
straight drive1898
cart1903
edge1904
tonk1910
sweep1920
mishook1934
middle1954
square-drive1954
tickle1963
square-cut1976
slash1977
splice1982
paddle1986
1934 Daily Mirror 1 June 30/1 Bradman got himself out when he mishooked a bad-length ball, giving deep short-leg an easy chance.
1955 Times 19 July 12/1 The new ball was losing its shine when he mishooked a bouncer gently to mid-wicket.
2000 Independent 17 Sept. 16 Prichard mishooked and Anurag Singh caught a high, swirling ball at mid-wicket.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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