Found 2 items, similar to miscue.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: miscue miscue n 1: a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball 2: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip, slip-up, parapraxis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Miscue Miscue \Mis*cue"\, n. 1. (Billiards) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To make a mistake; especially to fail to execute a necessary or expected action at the proper time, such as making a play in sports, or saying one's line in a drama. [PJC]