'CUE' definitions:
Definition of 'cue'
(from WordNet)
noun
An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
noun
noun
A stimulus that provides information about what to do [syn: discriminative stimulus, cue]
noun
Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards [syn: cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick]
verb
Definition of 'Cue'
From: GCIDE
- Cue \Cue\, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cue'
From: GCIDE
- Cue \Cue\, n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.] A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion. --Nares. [1913 Webster]
- Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues? --Old Play. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cue'
From: GCIDE
- Cue \Cue\ (k[=u]), n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.]
- 1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword. [1913 Webster]
- When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A hint or intimation. [1913 Webster]
- Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play. [1913 Webster]
- Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actor,
- advice,
- agate,
- aide-memoire,
- alerting,
- antagonist,
- antihero,
- ball,
- baseball bat,
- bat,
- battledore,
- bauble,
- bit,
- bit part,
- blocks,
- book,
- braid,
- broad hint,
- brush,
- bun,
- cast,
- catchword,
- cauda,
- caudal appendage,
- caudation,
- caution,
- character,
- checkerboard,
- chessboard,
- chignon,
- club,
- clue,
- cockhorse,
- coil,
- continuity,
- cricket bat,
- cue word,
- dock,
- doll,
- doll carriage,
- evidence,
- fantail,
- fat part,
- feeder,
- flapper,
- frame,
- frame of mind,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- gewgaw,
- gimcrack,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- golf club,
- heart,
- heavy,
- hero,
- heroine,
- hint,
- hobbyhorse,
- hot lead,
- humor,
- implication,
- index,
- indication,
- ingenue,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intimation,
- jack-in-the-box,
- jacks,
- jackstones,
- jackstraws,
- jogger,
- key,
- key word,
- kick,
- kickshaw,
- knickknack,
- knot,
- lead,
- lead role,
- leading lady,
- leading man,
- leading woman,
- libretto,
- lines,
- look,
- marble,
- marionette,
- memorandum,
- mig,
- mind,
- monition,
- mood,
- morale,
- nod,
- note,
- nudge,
- office,
- paper doll,
- part,
- passing word,
- person,
- personage,
- pick-up sticks,
- piece,
- pigtail,
- pinwheel,
- plait,
- playbook,
- plaything,
- pointer,
- prompt,
- prompter,
- prompting,
- protagonist,
- puppet,
- queue,
- racket,
- rag doll,
- rattail,
- remembrance,
- remembrancer,
- reminder,
- rocking horse,
- role,
- scenario,
- scene plot,
- scent,
- score,
- script,
- shooting script,
- side,
- sign,
- signal,
- soubrette,
- spirit,
- spirits,
- spoor,
- sport,
- state of mind,
- steelie,
- steer,
- straight part,
- stub,
- suggestion,
- supporting character,
- supporting role,
- suspicion,
- symptom,
- tail,
- tailpiece,
- taw,
- teetotum,
- telltale,
- temper,
- text,
- tickler,
- tip,
- tip-off,
- title role,
- tone,
- top,
- topknot,
- toy,
- toy soldier,
- trace,
- track,
- trinket,
- twist,
- vein,
- vestige,
- villain,
- walk-on,
- walking part,
- warning,
- whiff,
- whim-wham,
- whisper,
- wink
Acronyms for 'cue'
From: V.E.R.A.
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