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misˈcue, n.
Also mis-cue, miss cue.
[f. mis-1 4 (or perh. orig. stem of miss v.1) + cue n.3]
a. A failure to strike the ball properly with the cue.
1873Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 9 So long as the point of the cue was flat and unyielding, if the ball was not struck precisely in the centre, the consequence was a miss cue. Ibid. 33 A miss-cue. 1906Westm. Gaz. 22 May 9/3 When Roberts wanted only two to complete his ‘points’ for the afternoon he made a mis-cue.
b. Hence in other sports, and transf. or fig., an error resulting in a failure of some sort.
1883in Amer. Speech (1965) XL. 130 When I escort a lady I..have a..Havana And puff it all the time And should she make a small miscue And knock it from my mouth, [etc.]. 1920Ade Hand-Made Fables 26 It suggested that there had been a Miscue at the Christening. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §170/2 Error; mistake; blunder... Miscue. 1958J. A. Barlow Elem. Rifle Shooting (ed. 5) v. 56 The idea..is to be able to put sufficient force behind the bolt to eliminate any chance of a miscue—in other words, a failure to close the bolt. 1970Washington Post 30 Sept. D1/7 One Oriole scored, another took third on the miscue and John Oates' sacrifice fly made it 2–2.
So misˈcue v., to make a miscue; also transf. and fig.; misˈcued ppl. a.; misˈcueing vbl. n.
1894Sheffield Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 8/5 Dawson had a promising opening of potting the red, but mis-cued. 1929Times 1 Nov. 7/4 At the end of the last of these breaks he missed a difficult massé cannon, through partly miscueing. 1941G. Heyer Envious Casca xii. 219 Mathilda shied away from the thought, miscued, and straightened herself. 1941J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 38 Miscue, make an error. 1955I. Peebles On Ashes x. 100 Bailey tried to hook Johnston and miscued so that the ball bounced off his pads. 1962Times 3 Jan. 3/7 His miscued strokes always went up to score disconcertingly. 1962Sunday Times 25 Feb. 22/7 Miss Truman was now mis-cueing. 1970Sunday Tel. 1 Nov. 32/7 Southgate went nearest to a goal when Neale cut in from the left but Walker miscued badly. |