Cue

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Games A long tapered rod with a leather tip used to strike the cue ball in billiards and pool.
  • n. Games A long stick with a concave attachment at one end for shoving disks in shuffleboard.
  • n. A queue of hair.
  • n. A line of waiting people or vehicles; a queue.
  • v. Games To strike with a cue.
  • v. To braid or twist (hair) into a queue.
  • verb-intransitive. To form a line or queue.
  • n. A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.
  • n. A reminder or prompting.
  • n. A hint or suggestion.
  • n. Music An extract from the music for another part printed, usually in smaller notes, within a performer's part as a signal to enter after a long rest.
  • n. Music A gesture by a conductor signaling the entrance of a performer or part.
  • n. Psychology A stimulus, either consciously or unconsciously perceived, that elicits or signals a type of behavior.
  • n. Archaic One's assigned role or function.
  • n. Archaic A mood; a disposition.
  • v. To give a cue to; signal or prompt.
  • v. To insert into the sequence of a performance: cued the lights for the monologue scene.
  • v. To position (an audio or video recording) in readiness for playing: cue up a record on the turntable.
  • phrasal-verb. cue in To give information or instructions to, as to a latecomer.
  • n. The letter q.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
  • n. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
  • n. A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrans farthing) in the buttery books.
  • v. The act of giving someone a cue signal.
  • n. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.
  • v. The act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue and hitting it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
  • n. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
  • n. A hint or intimation.
  • n. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
  • n. Humor; temper of mind.
  • n. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
  • v. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
  • n. A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The tail; something hanging down like a tail, as the long curl of a wig or a long roll or plait of hair. In this sense also queue. See pigtail.
  • n. A number of persons ranged in a line, awaiting their turn to be served, as at a bank or a ticket-office. In this sense also queue.
  • n. Theat, words which when spoken at the end of a speech in the course of a play are the signal for an answering speech, or for the entrance of another actor, etc.
  • n. In music, a fragment of some other part printed in small notes, at the end of a long rest or silence occurring in the part of a voice or an instrument, to assist the singer or player in beginning promptly and correctly.
  • n. Henceā€” A hint; an intimation; a guiding suggestion.
  • n. The part which one is to play; a course of action prescribed, or made necessary by circumstances.
  • n. Humor; turn or temper of mind.
  • n. A straight tapering rod tipped with a small soft pad, used to strike the balls in billiards, bagatelle, and similar games.
  • n. A support for a lance; a lance-rest.
  • To tie into a cue or tail.
  • n. The name of the letter Q, q.
  • n. A farthing; a half-farthing.
  • n. A farthing's worth; the quantity bought with a farthing, as a small quantity of bread or beer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
  • n. sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
  • n. a stimulus that provides information about what to do
  • n. an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
  • n. evidence that helps to solve a problem
  • Verb Form
    cued    cueing    cues    cuing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inform    sports implement    stimulation    input    stimulant    stimulus   
    Cross Reference
    file   
    Form
    cue ball    on cue    sensory cue   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    queue    catchword    humor    braid    twist    suggestion    party    cue up   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clue    stimulus    deficit    acuity    stimulation    feedback    pickups    similarity    sensitivity    nuance