misdeal

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to distribute playing cards incorrectly

   I misdealt the hand and had to gather the cards again.

2. 2
   noun

   an incorrect distribution of cards in a game

   The exposed card made the hand a misdeal.

A transparent compound of mis-, 'wrongly,' + deal. In card games it denotes either the act of distributing cards incorrectly or the resulting invalid deal.

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