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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:

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 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

cue [kjuː] n → queue f de billard;

(Theat etc) → signal m

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

(Theat) (word) → Stichwort nt;

(000) (action) → (Einsatz)zeichen nt;

(Mus) → Einsatz m

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

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