cue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A signal or event that tells someone to do something.

   His arrival was the cue for everyone to sit down.

2. 2
   verb

   To give someone a signal to begin or do something.

   The director cued the actors to enter the stage.

3. 3
   noun

   A long, thin stick used to strike the ball in pool or billiards.

   He chalked his cue before taking the shot.

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.

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