(in billiards and snooker) a shot in which the player fails to strike the ball properly with the cue

(in snooker and other sports) fail to strike (the ball or a shot) properly

he miscued a simple penalty in the sixth minute

he won the fourth frame on the pink when O'Sullivan miscued

an error in reading, especially one caused by failure to respond correctly to a phonetic or contextual cue in the text

miscue analysis is a way of listening to children read aloud for diagnostic purposes