According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
MISCUE
slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
(noun) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
miscue
(noun) a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
miscue (plural miscues)
(sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.
(theater) The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.
A miss of the object one intended to hit.
Verb
miscue (third-person singular simple present miscues, present participle miscueing or miscuing, simple past and past participle miscued)
(theater) To give an incorrect cue.
(transitive) to mishit, strike incorrectly.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Mis*cue", n. (Billiards)
Definition: A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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