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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
miscue1

▶noun (in billiards and snooker) a failure to cue the ball properly.

■ (in other sports) a faulty strike, kick, or catch.

▶verb (miscues, miscueing or miscuing, miscued) perform a miscue.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
miscue2

▶noun Linguistics a reading error caused by failure to respond correctly to a phonetic or contextual cue.

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