Usually means: Incorrect use of similar-sounding words.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word malaprop:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. malaprop: Merriam-Webster
  2. malaprop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. malaprop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. malaprop: Collins English Dictionary
  5. malaprop: Vocabulary.com
  6. Malaprop, malaprop: Wordnik
  7. malaprop: Wiktionary
  8. malaprop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. malaprop: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. malaprop: Dictionary.com
  11. Malaprop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. malaprop: Rhymezone
  13. Malaprop: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  14. malaprop: FreeDictionary.org
  15. malaprop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. malaprop: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. malaprop: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. malaprop: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. malaprop: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (malaprop)

adjective:  Characterized by the use of malapropisms.
noun:  A malapropism.
verb:  To use a malapropism.

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