0 in snooker and billiards, an occasion when a player does not hit the ball correctly with the cue (= the long stick used for hitting balls into the holes):
A miscue occurs when the cue tip slides off the cue ball possibly due to insufficient chalk on the tip.
His game contained more miscues than balls that hit the back of the pocket.
Steven Gerrard's miscue was ugly and the ball skewed off-target.
The cricketer had no throwing errors and only five fielding miscues.
The president was better known for his verbal miscues than his policymaking.
A series of procedural miscues called into question the legality of the telephone meetings.
1 in snooker and billiards, to not hit the ball correctly with the cue (= the long stick used for hitting balls into the holes):
