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miscue

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mis⋅cue

1  [mis-kyoo] noun, verb, -cued, -cu⋅ing.
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–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)
5. to give the wrong cue to.
Origin:
1880–85; mis- 1 + cue 1

mis⋅cue

2  [mis-kyoo] noun, verb, -cued, -cu⋅ing. Billiards, Pool.
–noun
1. a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make a miscue.
Origin:
1870–75; mis- 1 + cue 2
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mis·cue   (mĭs-kyōō')   
n.  

  1. Games A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue.

  2. A mistake.

intr.v.   mis·cued, mis·cu·ing, mis·cues

  1. To make a miscue.

  2. To miss a stage cue.

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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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