English noun: miscue | |||
1. | miscue (act) a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shot, stroke | ||
Part meronym | billiards, pocket billiards, pool | ||
2. | miscue (act) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | ||
Synonyms | parapraxis, slip, slip-up | ||
Broader (hypernym) | error, fault, mistake | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Freudian slip | ||