English Dictionary

miscall

/mɪskɔːl/

verb

(now dialectal) To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse. / To call (something) by the wrong name. / (poker, transitive) To make a wrong call; to announce (one's hand of cards) incorrectly.

He would often miscall his opponents during the game.

意味（1）

(now dialectal) To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.

But one aboue the rest in speciall, / That had an hog beene late, hight Grille by name, / Repined greatly, and did him miscall, / That had from hoggish forme him brought to naturall.

意味（2）

To call (something) by the wrong name.

I can believe such an instance—can believe love taking strong root amid cruelty, poverty, suffering, and danger, rather than in the withering atmosphere of this crowded city—this miscalled social, but really heartless, life; where petty interests distract the mind, and mean desires absorb the heart.

意味（3）

(poker, transitive) To make a wrong call; to announce (one's hand of cards) incorrectly.

When the loser thinks he has the hand beat he turns over his hand only to find that the winner has miscalled his hand, and since cards speak, the miscaller wins.