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cue ¹  (ky)

n.

1. Games A long tapered rod with a leather tip used to strike the cue ball in billiards and pool.

2. Games A long stick with a concave attachment at one end for shoving disks in shuffleboard.

3. A queue of hair.

4. A line of waiting people or vehicles; a queue.

v. cued, cu·ing, cues

v.tr.

1. Games To strike with a cue.

2. To braid or twist (hair) into a queue.

v.intr.

To form a line or queue.

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[Variant of queue.]

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cue ²  (ky)

n.

1. 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.

2.

a. A reminder or prompting.

b. A hint or suggestion.

3. Music

a. 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.

b. A gesture by a conductor signaling the entrance of a performer or part.

4. Psychology A stimulus, either consciously or unconsciously perceived, that elicits or signals a type of behavior.

5. Archaic One's assigned role or function.

6. Archaic A mood; a disposition.

tr.v. cued, cu·ing, cues

1. To give a cue to; signal or prompt.

2. To insert into the sequence of a performance: cued the lights for the monologue scene.

3. To position (an audio or video recording) in readiness for playing: cue up a record on the turntable.

Phrasal Verb:

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To give information or instructions to, as to a latecomer.

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[Perhaps from q, qu, abbreviation of Latin quand, when, used for actors' copies of plays; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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cue ³  (ky)

n.

The letter q.

Translations

? cue in

vt sep → den Einsatz geben (+dat); (Film, TV) scene → abfahren lassen; tape etc → (zur rechten Zeit) einspielen