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miscue

noun

  1. Billiards a faulty shot in which the tip of the cue slips off the ball
  2. Informal a mistake; error

intransitive verb miscued, miscuing

  1. to make a miscue
  2. Theater to miss one's cue or answer the wrong cue

See miscue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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