cue

Plural: cues

Noun

• an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
• evidence that helps to solve a problem
• a stimulus that provides information about what to do
• sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
• The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
• A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.
• An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
• The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
• A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
• A hint or intimation.
• Humour; temper of mind.
• A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
• The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

Verb

Verb Forms: cued, cuing, cueing, cues

• To give a signal or prompt to someone.
• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
• To give someone a cue signal.
• To spark or provoke.
• To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
• To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Examples

• Cue the cameraman, and action!
• The double-letter score square seemed to CUE him towards playing a high-value letter.
• These techniques can cue an open dialogue with your interviewer.

Synonyms

clew, clue, cue stick, discriminative stimulus, pool cue, pool stick, prompt, remind, cue up

Related Words

a, aitch, ar, banana cue, bee, camote cue, cee, dee, double-u, e, ef, el, em, en, ess, ex, gee, i, jay, kay, letter, o, pee, tee, u, vee, wye, zed, zee

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