misdeal

American  

[mis-deel] / mɪsˈdil /

verb (used with or without object)

misdealt, misdealing

1. to deal wrongly or incorrectly, especially to deal the wrong number at cards.

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noun

1. Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.

misdeal British  

/ ˌmɪsˈdiːl /

verb

1. (intr) to deal out cards incorrectly

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noun

1. a faulty deal

Other Word Forms

• misdealer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of misdeal

First recorded in 1475–85; mis- ¹ + deal ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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Too many or too few cards dealt constitutes a misdeal, the penalty for which is the taking of two points by the non-dealer.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

I had, at all events, not made a misdeal.

From Lalage's Lovers by Birmingham, George A.

Not enough cards is a misdeal; too many cards is a mistake; and cards up the sleeve is a slap on the front piazza if they catch you at it.

From Get Next! by McHugh, Hugh

The Frenches ain't had no practice, an' thar's nothin' easier than a misdeal about a youngone.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert

"It's a misdeal," repeated Malcourt, smiling at her; and, as Tressilvain, half the pack suspended, gazed blankly at him, Malcourt turned and looked him squarely in the eye.

From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

In recent months, Spears has used her Instagram platform to speak openly about her conservatorship and to air her family’s dirty laundry, alleging a slew of supposed misdealing and ill behavior against her.

From Fox News ● Mar. 16, 2022

Curran's words came as good news for Jimmy Carter, long bedeviled by unproven accusations of financial misdealing and even coverup.

From Time Magazine Archive

But human nature, distorted, defiled, degraded by centuries of misdealing, is scarcely human nature.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various

I misdealt, as was only natural, when I knew she was lying in wait for me to do wrong; and she denounced me for a stupid, clumsy labouring-boy.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

I misdealt, as was only natural, when I knew she was lying in wait for me to do wrong; and she denounced me for a stupid, clumsy laboring-boy.

From Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles

I misdealt, as was only natural, when I knew she was lying in wait for me to do wrong, and she denounced me for a clumsy, stupid, labouring boy.

From Ten Boys from Dickens by Williams, George Alfred

They chatted, they misdealt, they even revoked sometimes; and they overlooked each other's misdemeanours with unscrupulous laxity.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

I have revoked twice, and misdealt four times since she has been here.

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James