Cue
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English
Noun
Cue (plural Cues)- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
- Hast thou […] suck'd Philosophy, ate cues, drank cees?
See also
- (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed (Category: en:Latin letter names) [edit]
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Verb
Cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)
- The act of giving someone a cue signal.
- Cue the cameraman, and action!
Noun
Cue (plural Cues)- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.
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Verb
Cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue and hitting it.
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(billiards)
Adjectives
ash-wood; leather-tipped; nicely-balanced; pliant; well-seasoned; tapering; graceful.
Verbs
aim—; bridge—; chalk— with—; indicate with—; on; retip—; score with-slide—; tip—; —slides; —strikes; —warps.
(braid)
Adjectives
carefully-braided; bristling; coiled; limp; genteel; powdered; protruding; scrupulous.
Verbs
braid into—; clip—; cut—; exhibit—; fashion—; plait—; powder—; roll—; tie into —; twist into—; —dangles; —grows.
(signal)
Adjectives
cryptic; answering; guiding; secret; sug¬gestive; politic; strategic.
Verbs
answer—; begin on—; enter on—; forget —; heed—; hint with—; mind—; miss—; muff—; pronounce—; remember—; speak —; signal with—; wait for—; whisper—; —arrives; —comes; —enables; —warns.
Thesaurus
actor, advice, agate, aide-memoire, alerting, antagonist, antihero, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bit, bit part, blocks, book, braid, broad hint, brush, bun, cast, catchword, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, caution, character, checkerboard, chessboard, chignon, club, clue, cockhorse, coil, continuity, cricket bat, cue word, dock, doll, doll carriage, evidence, fantail, fat part, feeder, flapper, frame, frame of mind, gentle hint, gesture, gewgaw, gimcrack, glimmer, glimmering, golf club, heart, heavy, hero, heroine, hint, hobbyhorse, hot lead, humor, implication, index, indication, ingenue, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jogger, key, key word, kick, kickshaw, knickknack, knot, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, libretto, lines, look, marble, marionette, memorandum, mig, mind, monition, mood, morale, nod, note, nudge, office, paper doll, part, passing word, person, personage, pick-up sticks, piece, pigtail, pinwheel, plait, playbook, plaything, pointer, prompt, prompter, prompting, protagonist, puppet, queue, racket, rag doll, rattail, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, rocking horse, role, scenario, scene plot, scent, score, script, shooting script, side, sign, signal, soubrette, spirit, spirits, spoor, sport, state of mind, steelie, steer, straight part, stub, suggestion, supporting character, supporting role, suspicion, symptom, tail, tailpiece, taw, teetotum, telltale, temper, text, tickler, tip, tip-off, title role, tone, top, topknot, toy, toy soldier, trace, track, trinket, twist, vein, vestige, villain, walk-on, walking part, warning, whiff, whim-wham, whisper, wink
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the letter Q, abbreviation of Latin quando (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.
Etymology 2
Variant of queue
Translations
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External links
- Cue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Cue in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
