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noun

Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.

Informal. a mistake.

Informal. to make a mistake.

Theater. to fail to answer one's cue or to answer another's cue.

verb (used with object)

to give the wrong cue to.

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Origin:
1880–85; mis-¹ + cue¹

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noun

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

verb (used without object)

to make a miscue.

Origin:
1870–75; mis-¹ + cue²

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miscue (ˌmɪsˈkjuː)

—n
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

—vb , -cues, -cuing, -cued
3.	(intr) billiards to make a miscue
4.	(intr) theatre to fail to answer one's own cue or answer the cue of another
5.	radio to start (a record or tape) at the wrong point
6.	informal (intr) to blunder

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Word Origin & History

miscue

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.

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