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miscue

(mɪskyu)
Word forms: miscues, miscueing, miscued
1. countable noun
In sports such as football, baseball, and billiards, a miscue is an instance of failing to kick, hit, or strike the ball properly.
[US]
2. transitive verb/intransitive verb
In soccer, if a player miscues a shot, or if he miscues, he fails to kick the ball properly.
He could have levelled within a minute but miscued his shot.
He miscued from six yards.

miscue in British English

(ˌmɪsˈkjuː)
noun
1.  billiards
a faulty stroke in which the cue tip slips off the cue ball or misses it altogether
2.  informal
a blunder or mistake
verbWord forms: -cues, -cuing or -cued
3. (intransitive) billiards
to make a miscue
4. (intransitive) theatre
to fail to answer one's own cue or answer the cue of another
5.  radio
to start to play (a piece of music or recording) at the wrong point
6. (intransitive) informal
to blunder

miscue in American English

(ˈmɪsˌkju; for v. mɪsˈkju; ˈmɪsˌkju)
noun
1.  Billiards
a faulty shot in which the tip of the cue slips off the ball
2.  Informal
a mistake; error
verb intransitiveWord forms: misˈcued or misˈcuing
3. 
to make a miscue
4.  Theatre
to miss one's cue or answer the wrong cue

Examples of 'miscue' in a sentence
miscue

It was a question of whether Bournemouth could keep up the furious pace, while the odd miscued clearance also unsettled the home fans.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He hit the side-netting with the first good chance of the night and miscued horribly across goal early in the second half.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
City should have reduced the deficit soon after when sub Ireland was sent racing clear but he miscued his shot horribly into the stands.
The Sun (2006)
A Willian free kick found the defender alone inside the six-yard box but he miscued horribly across the face of the goal.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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