miscue

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: mis=cue

CIDE DICTIONARY

miscue, n. 

•  A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make a mistake;  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

miscue, n. & v.
--n. (in snooker etc.) the failure to strike the ball properly with the cue.
--v.intr. (-cues, -cued, -cueing or -cuing) make a miscue.

THESAURUS

miscue

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