miscue

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[ mis-kyoo ]
/ mɪsˈkyu /

noun

Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
Informal. a mistake.
Informal. to make a mistake.
Theater. to fail to answer one's cue or to answer another's cue.

verb (used with object), mis·cued, mis·cu·ing.

to give the wrong cue to.

Origin of miscue

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First recorded in 1880–85; mis-1 + cue1

Words nearby miscue

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Definition for miscued (2 of 2)

miscue 2
[ mis-kyoo ]
/ mɪsˈkyu /
Billiards, Pool.

noun

a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.

verb (used without object), mis·cued, mis·cu·ing.

to make a miscue.

Origin of miscue

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First recorded in 1870–75; mis-1 + cue2

Example sentences from the Web for miscued

  • How much of what you've just been saying to him is right, and how much is just bluff to cover a place where you miscued?

    Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist |John T. McIntyre

  • I jiggled my hook angrily and when the operator answered I told her that she'd miscued.

    Highways in Hiding |George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for miscued

miscue
/ (ˌmɪsˈkjuː) /

noun

billiards a faulty stroke in which the cue tip slips off the cue ball or misses it altogether
informal a blunder or mistake

verb -cues, -cuing or -cued

(intr) billiards to make a miscue
(intr) theatre to fail to answer one's own cue or answer the cue of another
radio to start (a record or tape) at the wrong point
(intr) informal to blunder