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miscue
1[ mis-kyoo ]
noun
- Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Informal. a mistake.
- Informal. to make a mistake.
- Theater. to fail to answer one's cue or to answer another's cue.
verb (used with object)
miscued, miscuing.
- to give the wrong cue to.
miscue
/ ˌɪˈː /
noun
- billiards a faulty stroke in which the cue tip slips off the cue ball or misses it altogether
- informal.a blunder or mistake
verb
- intr billiards to make a miscue
- intr theatre to fail to answer one's own cue or answer the cue of another
- radio to start (a record or tape) at the wrong point
- informal.intr to blunder
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Then came last spring, when a recurrence of throwing miscues in camp prompted the Dodgers to put him back at second base and move Mookie Betts to shortstop only weeks before the season.
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His verbal miscues and stumbles became fodder for Republican attacks.
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An overthrown line-out saw one early opportunity go begging and the miscue loomed larger when Billy Burns kicked the ball dead when trying to poke a grubber through into the Leinster backfield.
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Despite the high-profile miscue, Johnston has shown improvement in his second year.
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So, Lue was asked, when he shows his group film of their miscues, what do they say to him?
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