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:

misdeal misdealing misdealt

If the adversaries interrupt a dealer while dealing, either by questioning the score or asserting that it is not his deal, and fail to establish such claim, should a misdeal occur he may deal again.

From The Laws of Euchre As adopted by the Somerset Club of Boston, March 1, 1888 by Leeds, Herbert Corey

If a card be found face upwards in the pack before the deal is finished, it is a misdeal, and there shall be a new deal by the same dealer.

From Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice by Peel, W. H.

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 You Should Worry Says John Henry by McHugh, Hugh

The New Yorker was certainly making a misdeal every time he got the cards.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

A fresh deal is necessary if a card is exposed or faced in the pack, or if there is a misdeal.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

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 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

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 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