"miscue" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪskjuː/ [noun], /mɪsˈkjuː/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miscue.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miscue2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: miscues [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + cue. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|mis|cue}} mis- + cue Head templates: {{en-noun}} miscue (plural miscues)
  1. (sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-miscue-en-noun-EC4vhZfN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 4 5 12 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 7 7 5 24 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 55 5 6 10 25 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 37 8 16 14 26 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (theater) The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-miscue-en-noun-77zFFByW Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  3. A miss of the object one intended to hit.
    Sense id: en-miscue-en-noun-l3BW4uR8

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪskjuː/ [noun], /mɪsˈkjuː/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miscue.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miscue2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: miscues [present, singular, third-person], miscuing [participle, present], miscueing [participle, present], miscued [participle, past], miscued [past]
Etymology: From mis- + cue. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|mis|cue}} mis- + cue Head templates: {{en-verb|pres_ptc2=miscueing}} miscue (third-person singular simple present miscues, present participle miscuing or miscueing, simple past and past participle miscued)
  1. (theater) To give an incorrect cue. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-miscue-en-verb-x5ox0wYF Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  2. (transitive) to mishit, strike incorrectly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-miscue-en-verb-Av3DMYue

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for miscue meaning in English (6.6kB)

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