ALL meanings of cue
cue
C c - countable noun cue In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something. 3
- verb cue If one performer cues another, they say or do something which is a signal for the second performer to begin speaking, playing, or doing something. 3
- countable noun cue If you say that something that happens is a cue for an action, you mean that people start doing that action when it happens. 3
- countable noun cue A cue is a long, thin wooden stick that is used to hit the ball in games such as snooker, billiards, and pool. 3
- noun cue a signal or reminder to do something 3
- noun cue the part of any sensory pattern that is identified as the signal for a response 3
- noun cue the part, function, or action assigned to or expected of a person 3
- verb cue to give a cue or cues to (an actor) 3
- verb cue to signal (to something or somebody) at a specific moment in a musical or dramatic performance 3
- verb cue to give information or a reminder to (someone) 3
- verb cue to signal the commencement of filming, as with the word "Action!" 3
- noun cue a long tapered shaft with a leather tip, used to drive the balls 3
- noun cue hair caught at the back forming a tail or braid 3
- verb cue to drive (a ball) with a cue 3
- verb cue to twist or tie (the hair) into a cue 3
- noun cue a bit of dialogue, action, or music that is a signal for an actor's entrance or speech, or for the working of curtains, lights, sound effects, etc. 3
- noun cue a gesture or written device used to signal the entry of one or more instrumentalists or vocalists 3
- noun cue anything serving as a signal to do something 3
- noun cue an indirect suggestion; hint 3
- noun cue the role that one is assigned to play 3
- noun cue a necessary course of action 3
- noun cue frame of mind; mood; temperament 3
- noun cue a secondary stimulus that guides behavior, often without entering consciousness 3
- verb transitive cue to give a cue to 3
- noun cue queue (sense 1) 3
- noun cue a long, tapering, tipped rod used in billiards and pool to strike the cue ball 3
- noun cue a long, shovel-like stick used in shuffleboard to push the disks 3
- verb transitive cue to braid (hair) 3
- verb transitive cue to strike (a cue ball) with a cue 3
- noun cue A long, straight, tapering wooden rod for striking the ball in pool, billiards, snooker, etc. 1
- noun cue signal to actor 1
- noun cue hint, signal 1
- noun cue signal, prompt to action 1
- noun cue pool, snooker: stick 1
- transitive verb cue stage lights, music: prepare 1
- transitive verb cue prompt sb 1
- noun cue the letter Q, q. 1
- verb with object cue to tie into a queue. 1
- verb with object cue to strike with a cue. 1
- idioms cue cue (someone) in, Informal. to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to: Cue him in on the plans for the dance. 1
- idioms cue miss a cue, to fail to respond to a cue. Informal. to miss the point: You could tell by his expression that he had missed a cue. 1
- noun cue An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something. 0
- noun cue 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. 0
- noun cue A hint or intimation. 0
- noun cue (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Humour; temper of mind. 0
- noun cue The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q. 0
- noun cue (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (Britain, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrans farthing) in the buttery books. 0
- noun cue (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games. 0
- noun cue (Obsolete (No longer in use)) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue. 0
- verb cue To give someone a cue signal. 0