1. A faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
   "His nervousness led to an embarrassing miscue on the final shot"
    
2. A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
   "His pronunciation miscue went largely unnoticed";
   - slip, slip-up [informal], parapraxis, whoopsie [informal]

1. (billiards and snooker) mishit the ball
   "He miscued on the crucial shot, losing the match"
    
2. (theatre) miss a cue, or respond to the wrong cue
   "The actor miscued, entering the stage too early"

Derived forms: miscued, miscuing, miscues

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

Part of: billiards, pocket billiards, pool