Hypertext Webster Gateway: "miscue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Miscue \Mis*cue"\, n. (Billiards)
A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the
ball struck without impelling it as desired.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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