cue

IPA: kjˈu

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.

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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