miscue (redirected from miscuing)

mis·cue  (ms-ky)

n.

1. Games A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue.

2. A mistake.

intr.v. mis·cued, mis·cu·ing, mis·cues

1. To make a miscue.

2. To miss a stage cue.

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miscue [ˌmɪsˈkjuː]

n

1. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Billiards a faulty stroke in which the cue tip slips off the cue ball or misses it altogether

2. Informal a blunder or mistake

vb -cues, -cuing, -cued

1. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) (intr) Billiards to make a miscue

2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (intr) Theatre to fail to answer one's own cue or answer the cue of another

3. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Radio to start (a record or tape) at the wrong point

4. (intr) Informal to blunder

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	miscue - a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball billiards - any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls pocket billiards, pool - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets stroke, shot - (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
	2.	miscue - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. parapraxis, slip-up, slip error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" Freudian slip - a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals