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1. A faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
    
2. A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
   - slip, slip-up [informal], parapraxis, whoopsie [informal]

1. (billiards and snooker) mishit the ball
    
2. (theatre) miss a cue, or respond to the wrong cue

Derived forms: miscued, miscues, miscuing

Type of: error, fault, mistake, shot, stroke

Part of: billiards, pocket billiards, pool