Meaning

3 senses
  1. In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.

    a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

  2. The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.

  3. A miss of the object one intended to hit.

Origin

From mis- + cue.

From mis- + cue.

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Forms

plural: miscues
Singularmiscue
Pluralmiscues

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.:slipslip-upparapraxis

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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