cue
IPA: kjˈu
noun
- The name of the Latin-script letter Q.
- (obsolete, UK, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- 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.
- (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
- A hint or intimation.
- (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
- A surname.
- (law) Acronym of clear and unmistakable error; legal standard for appeal of a decision by a Board of Veterans Appeals in the United States.
verb
- To give someone a cue signal.
- (by extension) To spark or provoke.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
- To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
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Examples of "cue" in Sentences
- She also became the face of the Cue campaign.
- The cue is grasp with the thumb and forefinger.
- The cues are sent via the antennas to the units.
- Cue much wrangling about the wording and implications of the Oath.
- The purpose of the bit is to communicate the rein cues to the horse.
- The second cue is syntax, or the role the word plays in the sentence.
- A file for dressing the cue tip is attached to the outside of the unit.
- The higher the elevation of the cue, the more steep the degree of curve.
- The operator sets the faders into their positions based on the cue sheets.
- The primary physiological cue for migration are the changes in the day length.