Cue

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cue \Cue\ (k[=u]), n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda,
     cauda, tail. Cf. {Caudal}, {Coward}, {Queue}.]
     1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like
        twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
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     2. 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.
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              When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. A hint or intimation.
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              Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two
              lines as he leaves the house.         --Swift.
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     4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
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              Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it
              Without a prompter.                   --Shak.
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     5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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     6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing
        billiards.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cue \Cue\, v. t.
     To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cue \Cue\, n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.]
     A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a
     farthing or half farthing. [Obs.]
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     Note: The term was formerly current in the English
           universities, the letter q being the mark in the
           buttery books to denote such a portion. --Nares.
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                 Hast thou worn
                 Gowns in the university, tossed logic,
                 Sucked philosophy, eat cues?       --Old Play.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cue
       n 1: an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a
            reminder for some action or speech
       2: evidence that helps to solve a problem [syn: {clue}, {clew}]
       3: a stimulus that provides information about what to do [syn:
          {discriminative stimulus}]
       4: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike
          a cue ball in pool or billiards [syn: {cue stick}, {pool
          cue}, {pool stick}]
       v : assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
           words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
            {prompt}, {remind}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  182 Moby Thesaurus words for "cue":
     actor, advice, agate, aide-memoire, alerting, antagonist, antihero,
     ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bit, bit part, blocks,
     book, braid, broad hint, brush, bun, cast, catchword, cauda,
     caudal appendage, caudation, caution, character, checkerboard,
     chessboard, chignon, club, clue, cockhorse, coil, continuity,
     cricket bat, cue word, dock, doll, doll carriage, evidence,
     fantail, fat part, feeder, flapper, frame, frame of mind,
     gentle hint, gesture, gewgaw, gimcrack, glimmer, glimmering,
     golf club, heart, heavy, hero, heroine, hint, hobbyhorse, hot lead,
     humor, implication, index, indication, ingenue, inkling, innuendo,
     insinuation, intimation, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones,
     jackstraws, jogger, key, key word, kick, kickshaw, knickknack,
     knot, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman,
     libretto, lines, look, marble, marionette, memorandum, mig, mind,
     monition, mood, morale, nod, note, nudge, office, paper doll, part,
     passing word, person, personage, pick-up sticks, piece, pigtail,
     pinwheel, plait, playbook, plaything, pointer, prompt, prompter,
     prompting, protagonist, puppet, queue, racket, rag doll, rattail,
     remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, rocking horse, role, scenario,
     scene plot, scent, score, script, shooting script, side, sign,
     signal, soubrette, spirit, spirits, spoor, sport, state of mind,
     steelie, steer, straight part, stub, suggestion,
     supporting character, supporting role, suspicion, symptom, tail,
     tailpiece, taw, teetotum, telltale, temper, text, tickler, tip,
     tip-off, title role, tone, top, topknot, toy, toy soldier, trace,
     track, trinket, twist, vein, vestige, villain, walk-on,
     walking part, warning, whiff, whim-wham, whisper, wink