Home › Words › M › miscuemiscue/ˈmɪskjuː/miscue · noun — in a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).miscue is pronounced /ˈmɪskjuː/.EtymologyFrom mis- + cue.nounIn a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.A miss of the object one intended to hit.verbTo give an incorrect cue.to mishit, strike incorrectly.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misstrike 64% match — To strike badly or incorrectly. vs miscue →misclick 61% match — A click of a computer mouse that is inaccurate and therefore fails to perform the desired action. vs miscue →misplay 61% match — To play incorrectly or poorly. vs miscue →mishit 61% match — An incorrect or bad hit. vs miscue →mispull 60% match — To pull badly, using incorrect technique. vs miscue →cueist 59% match — A person skilled in using a cue. vs miscue →mismove 59% match — To move wrongly, incorrectly, or in error. vs miscue →mispluck 59% match — To pluck incorrectly. vs miscue →