misquoting

/M IH0 S K W OW1 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To incorrectly recite a quote.

    “I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.”

  2. 2

    To incorrectly record a quote.

    “The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.”

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