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 | ||