Miscues example sentences

mis·cue

noun

miscues (plural noun)

  - (in billiards) a shot in which the player fails to strike the ball properly with the cue.

  - (in other sports) a faulty strike, kick, or catch:

  - a miscalculated action; a mistake:

  - (in billiards and other games) fail to strike (the ball or a shot) properly:

mis·cue

noun

miscues (plural noun)

  - an error in reading, especially one caused by failure to respond correctly to a phonetic or contextual cue in the text:

  - (of a performer, especially an actor on stage) miss one's cue, or answer to another's cue.

  - give (a performer) the wrong cue.

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