cue (redirected from cues)

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:

cue in

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.

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cue ¹

Noun

1. a signal to an actor or musician to begin speaking or playing

2. a signal or reminder

3. on cue at the right moment

Verb

[cueing, cued]

to give a cue to [perhaps from the letter q, used in an actor's script to represent Latin quando when]

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cue ²

Noun

a long tapering stick used to hit the balls in billiards, snooker, or pool

Verb

[cueing, cued]

to hit (a ball) with a cue [variant of queue]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cue - an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech actor's line, words, speech - words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech" prompt, prompting - a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"
	2.	cue - evidence that helps to solve a problem clew, clue evidence - an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" sign, mark - a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"
	3.	cue - a stimulus that provides information about what to do discriminative stimulus stimulant, stimulus, stimulation, input - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
	4.	cue - sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards cue stick, pool cue, pool stick sports implement - an implement used in a sport stock - the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
Verb	1.	cue - assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned remind, prompt inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"

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cue

noun signal, sign, nod, hint, prompt, reminder, suggestion

Translations

cue [kjuː] n (= snooker cue) → taco;

(THEAT etc) → entrada

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cue [kjuː] n → queue f de billard;

(Theat etc) → signal m

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cue [kjuː] n (Sport) → Billardstock m, Queue nt;

(Theat) (word) → Stichwort nt;

(000) (action) → (Einsatz)zeichen nt;

(Mus) → Einsatz m

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cue [kjuː] n → stecca;

(THEAT etc) → segnale m

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cue¹

n cue [kjuː]

the last words of another actor's speech etc, serving as a sign to an actor to speak etc Your cue is `– whatever the vicar says!' aanduiding, aanwysing, sein إشارة إلى بَدء الحَديث реплика narážka stikord das Stichwort ατάκα pie märgusõnad اشاره؛ سر نخ iskurepliikki réplique סִימָן संकेत-शब्द šlagvort végszó isyarat stikkorð, markorð attacco, battuta d'entrata きっかけ 실마리 대사 ženklas, paskutinė replika (aktiera teksta) galavārds isyarat wachtwoord stikkord, vink sygnał wejścia deixa replică (сигнальная) реплика narážka iztočnica šlagvort stickreplik, slutord i replik คำสุดท้ายของคำพูดที่เป็นสัญลักษณ์ให้นักแสดงคนต่อไปพูด replik, başlama işareti 提示(指演出時給同台演員作暗示的尾白) натяк; репліка مثال، نمون‍ہ vĩ bạch 提示（指演出时给同台演员作暗示的尾白）