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miscue

1

[ mis-kyoo ]

noun

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


verb (used with object)

, mis·cued, mis·cu·ing.
  1. to give the wrong cue to.

miscue

2

[ mis-kyoo ]

noun

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

verb (used without object)

, mis·cued, mis·cu·ing.
  1. to make a miscue.

miscue

/ ˌmɪsˈkjuː /

noun

  1. billiards a faulty stroke in which the cue tip slips off the cue ball or misses it altogether
  2. informal.
    a blunder or mistake
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr billiards to make a miscue
  2. intr theatre to fail to answer one's own cue or answer the cue of another
  3. radio to start (a record or tape) at the wrong point
  4. informal.
    intr to blunder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of miscue1

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

Origin of miscue2

First recorded in 1870–75; mis- 1 + cue 2
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Example Sentences

Also drawing the ire of fans has been a proliferation of late-game mismanagement and miscues.

Only one played in 2010, and that was Johnson, who tied for fifth after a singular miscue, a memorable two-shot penalty when he ground his club into a bunker after thinking it a waste area rather than a bunker.

Knizner sped by first and dug an extra 90 feet on the miscue.

It might be even more impressive that, in both cases, he has immediately followed those miscues with birdies.

By attempting a return, teams risk more miscues near their own end zone for little upside.

With each miscue the production has been relaunched, each time in the hope that it can dispel the previous bad reviews.

“C.,” who was painfully conscious that he might have made a miscue in the matter of the quotation, answered sharply.

Who originated this scheme of revising the Bible we do not know, but whoever it was made a miscue.

It hurts her more than anything to make a miscue on the charitable side.

You're no inventor, but you're always pretty handy in telling me where I make a miscue in my machines.

This effort is ruined by an appalling miscue which affects the new cloth.

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