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MALAPROP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malaprop mean? 

MALAPROP (noun)
  The noun MALAPROP has 1 sense:

1. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similarplay

  Familiarity information: MALAPROP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALAPROP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

malaprop; malapropism

Hypernyms ("malaprop" is a kind of...):

misstatement (a statement that contains a mistake)


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