Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Miscue

Miscue , noun

1.
(Billiards) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.
2.
To make a mistake;
to fail to execute a necessary or expected action at the proper time, such as making a play in sports, or saying one's line in a drama.