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miscue

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɪskjuː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /mɪsˈkjuː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uː
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 S K Y UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A miss of the object one intended to hit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To give an incorrect cue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

to mishit, strike incorrectly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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6

noun

Meaning 6

a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slip, slip-up, parapraxis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mistake, error, fault

Narrower terms: Freudian slip

7

noun

Meaning 7

a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stroke, shot

History

Etymology

From mis- + cue.