See Also: gambling(encyclopedia)
gambling(dictionary)
gambling(medicine)
Gambling(law)
Women and Gambling(casino)
Gambling money(finance)
Guerrilla Gambling - Roulette(gambling)
Gambling Stake - Roulette(gambling)
River Gambling - Poker(gambling)
error(dictionary)

Break Down - Croquet (gambling) and error (oh)


Break Down - Croquet (gambling)


To err so that your turn involuntarily comes to an end during the course of a break. This occurs by missing the intended shot or by incurring a penalty.

error (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: errour, from Latin error, from errare; ERR]
[U and C] a mistake
error in
::There must be an error in our calculations.
make/commit an error
::The government has committed a serious error.
serious/grave/fatal error
::I realized I had made a fatal error.
computer/driver etc error
::The bill was sent to the wrong person because of a computer error.
::The accident was caused by human error (=a mistake by a person) .
[C] a mistake when you are working on a computer, which means that the computer program cannot do what you want it to do
::An error message .
error of judgment
a mistake in the way that you examine a situation and decide what to do
::The decision to expand the company was an error of judgement.
be in error
to have made a mistake, especially when making an official decision
::The doctor has admitted that he was in error.
do sth in error
if you do something in error, you do it by mistake
::The wrong man was arrested in error.
see the error of your ways
literary to realize that you have been behaving badly and decide to stop
-see also trial and error at trial 1 (4)