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Miscue

A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

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Error 76% connected

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Fault 76% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mistake 76% connected

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shot 76% connected

of Shoot

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stroke 76% connected

Struck.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slip 74% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slip 74% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Billiards 70% connected

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Pool 70% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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