About The Word Miscue

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Miscue

Miscue Meaning & Definition
Miscue Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Miscue?

[n] a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
[n] a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

Synonyms | Synonyms for Miscue: parapraxis | slip | slip-up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Miscue: bad job | balk | be all thumbs | bevue | blooper | blunder | blunder away | blunder into | blunder on | blunder upon | bobble | boggle | bonehead play | boner | boo-boo | botch | bumble | bungle | butcher | clumsy performance | commit a gaffe | error | etourderie | false move | false step | faux pas | flounder | flub | fluff | foozle | fumble | gaucherie | hash | inadvertence | inadvertency | lapse | lapsus calami | lapsus linguae | loose thread | lumber | make a miscue | make a mistake | mar | mess | misapprehend | misconceive | misidentify | misinterpret | misstep | mistake | misunderstand | muddle | muff | murder | off day | omission | oversight | play havoc with | sad work | slip | slipup | spoil | stumble | trip | wrong step

See Also | billiards | error | fault | Freudian slip | mistake | pocket billiards | pool | shot | stroke

Miscue In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis*cue"\, n. (Billiards) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

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