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1. (n.) cue
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
The gunshot is your cue to enter.
2. cue
anything that excites to action; stimulus.
3. cue
a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion.
4. cue
a sensory signal that serves to elicit a behavioral response.
5. cue
the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action.
6. cue
Archaic. frame of mind; mood.
7. (v.t.) cue
to give a cue to; prompt.
8. cue
to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a performance (often fol. by in):
to cue in a lighting effect.
9. cue
to search for and reach (a track on a recording).
10. cue
Informal. to give information, news, etc., to; inform.
11. (n.) cue
a tapering rod, tipped with leather, used to strike the ball in pool, billiards, etc.
12. cue
a stick used to propel the disks in shuffleboard.
13. (v.t.) cue
to strike with a cue.
14. cue
to tie (hair) into a queue.
15. (n.) cue
the letter
Q, q.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME cu)
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| Definition of 'cue' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cue
an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
2. (noun) clue, clew, cue
evidence that helps to solve a problem
3. (noun) discriminative stimulus, cue
a stimulus that provides information about what to do
4. (verb) cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick
sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
5. (verb) prompt, remind, cue
assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
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1. (noun) cue
an action or remark that signals sth
Dan yawned, and I took that as a cue to leave.
2. cue
an actor's action or remark that signals other actors
***He listened for his cue.
3. cue
a stick for playing pool
***She tapped the ball with the cue.
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| Definition of 'cue' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cue
the tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue
2. (noun) cue
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
3. (noun) cue
a hint or intimation
4. (noun) cue
the part one has to perform in, or as in, a play
5. (noun) cue
humor; temper of mind
6. (noun) cue
a straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards
7. (noun) cue
a small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing
8. (verb) cue
to form into a cue; to braid; to twist
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Sense: 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!'
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 Afrikaans: aanduiding, aanwysing, se |
 Arabic: إشارة إلى بَدء الحَديث |
 Bulgarian: реплика |
 Brazilian: deixa |
 Czech: narážka |
 German: das Stichwort |
 Danish: stikord |
 Greek: ατάκα |
 Spanish: pie |
 Estonian: märgusõnad |
 Farsi: اشاره؛ سر نخ |
 Finnish: merkki |
 French: réplique |
 Hebrew: סִימָן |
 Hindi: संकेत-शब्द |
 Croatian: šlagvort |
 Hungarian: végszó |
 Indonesian: isyarat |
 Icelandic: stikkorð, markorð |
 Italian: attacco, battuta d'entrat |
 Japanese: きっかけ |
 Korean: (배우의 등장 등의) 큐가 되는 대사 |
 Lithuanian: ženklas, paskutinė replik |
 Latvian: (aktiera teksta) galavārd |
 Malay: isyarat |
 Dutch: wachtwoord |
 Norwegian: stikkord, vink |
 Polish: sygnał wejścia |
 Persian: اشاره؛ سر نخ |
 Pashto: اشاره |
 Portuguese: deixa |
 Romanian: replică |
 Russian: (сигнальная) реплика |
 Slovak: narážka |
 Slovenian: iztočnica |
 Serbian: šlagvort |
 Swedish: stickreplik, slutord i re |
 Thai: คำสุดท้ายของคำพูดที่เป็นส |
 Turkish: replik, başlama işareti |
 Taiwanese: 演戲或出場的提示 |
 Ukrainian: натяк; репліка |
 Urdu: مثال، نمونہ |
 Vietnamese: vĩ bạch |
 Chinese: 提示（指演出时给同台演员作暗示的尾白） |
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