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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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