miscue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
  2. noun a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
    parapraxis; slip-up; slip.

WordNet


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

Webster 1913