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

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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

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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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