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Definitions for: Cue
[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] evidence that helps to solve a problem
[n] an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
[v] assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.
--Shak.
3. A hint or intimation.
Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two
lines as he leaves the house. --Swift.
4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it
Without a prompter. --Shak.
5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing
billiards.
Cue, v. t.
To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
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.]
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.
Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed
logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues? --Old Play.
Synonyms: clew, clue, cue stick, discriminative stimulus, pool cue, pool stick, prompt, remind
See Also: actor's line, evidence, footmark, footprint, inform, input, mark, prompt, prompting, shadow, sign, speech, sports implement, step, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, stock, trace, vestige, words
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