cue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

   "My name is Quinn," said Quinn. "Cue-you-eye-en-en."

2. 2
   noun

   An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.

   This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner. That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.

3. 3
   noun

   The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.

   When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.

4. 4
   noun

   A hint or intimation.

   Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.

5. 5
   verb

   To give someone a cue signal.

   Cue the cameraman, and action!

6. 6
   verb

   To spark or provoke.

   These techniques can cue an open dialogue with your interviewer.

7. 7
   noun

   The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

   Fat, short, radiant, General Chattesworth—in full, artillery uniform—was there, smiling, and making little speeches to the ladies, and bowing stiffly from his hips upward—his great cue playing all the time up and down his back, and sometimes so near the ground when he stood erect and threw back his head, that Toole, seeing Juno eyeing the appendage rather viciously, thought it prudent to cut her speculations short with a smart kick.

8. 8
   noun

   sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

Etymology

From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.