miscue
pronunciation
How to pronounce miscue in British English:
UK ['mɪs'kju:]
How to pronounce miscue in American English:
US [mɪs'kju]
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- Noun:
- a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Word Origin
- miscue (n.)
- 1873, in billiards, "failure to strike the ball properly with the cue" from mis- (1) or perhaps miss (v.) + cue (2). General sense is attested from 1883.