[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

miscue \miscue"\, n.
   1. billiards a false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue
      slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as
      desired.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: to make a mistake; especially to fail to execute a
      necessary or expected action at the proper time, such as
      making a play in sports, or saying one's line in a drama.
      pjc

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

miscue
     n 1: a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue
          ball
     2: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or
        writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. syn:
        slip, slip-up, parapraxis
see also:
slip slip-up parapraxis 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "miscue":
   bad job, balk, be all thumbs, bevue, blooper, blunder,
   blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble,
   boggle, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch, bumble, bungle,
   butcher, clumsy performance, commit a gaffe, error, etourderie,
   false move, false step, faux pas, flounder, flub, fluff, foozle,
   fumble, gaucherie, hash, inadvertence, inadvertency, lapse,
   lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, loose thread, lumber, make a miscue,
   make a mistake, mar, mess, misapprehend, misconceive, misidentify,
   misinterpret, misstep, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, muff,
   murder, off day, omission, oversight, play havoc with, sad work,
   slip, slipup, spoil, stumble, trip, wrong step

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