Could you please explain to me the meaning of the word: "miscue" or "miscues"? I cannot find it in the dictionary.
Ex: Such miscues may result from software problems...
The term comes from the game of billiards, where it means failing to cue [hit] the ball properly. It also is used in theatre to say that someone has been given the wrong cue.
If you use it in a sentence about software problems, you probably mean that the program has in some way failed to operate correctly resulting in errors.
Miscue was originally a billiards term meaning a faulty stroke in which the cue slips. Now in common usage, it is used as a synonym for fault or mistake.![]()
Could you recommend the good one (I mean online dictionary)?
Thank you a lot!!