MISCUE


Meaning of MISCUE in English

miscue 1

/mis kyooh"/ , n. , v. , miscued, miscuing .

n.

1. Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.

2. Informal. a mistake.

3. Informal. to make a mistake.

4. Theat. to fail to answer one's cue or to answer another's cue.

v.t.

5. to give the wrong cue to.

[ 1880-85; MIS- 1 + CUE 1 ]

miscue 2

/mis kyooh"/ , n. , v. , miscued, miscuing . Billiards, Pool.

n.

1. a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.

v.i.

2. to make a miscue.

[ 1870-75; MIS- 1 + CUE 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .