Cue Definition

kyo͝o
cued, cueing, cues, cuing
noun
cues
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.
Webster's New World
Anything serving as a signal to do something.
Webster's New World
A hint or suggestion.
American Heritage
A gesture or written device used to signal the entry of one or more instrumentalists or vocalists.
Webster's New World
An indirect suggestion; hint.
Webster's New World
verb
cued, cueing, cues, cuing
To give a cue to.
Webster's New World
To strike (a ball) with a cue.
American Heritage
To ready (a recording) to play back from a certain point.
Webster's New World
To position (an audio or video recording) in readiness for playing.
Cue up a record on the turntable.
American Heritage
To braid (hair)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
abbreviation

(law) Clear and Unmistakable Error; legal standard for appeal of a decision by a Board of Veterans Appeals in the United States.

Wiktionary
idiom
cue in
  • to add (dialogue, music, etc.) at a particular point in a script
Webster's New World
on cue
  • in response to a cue
  • at a fitting or opportune moment
Webster's New World
take one's cue from
  • to follow the advice, example, etc. of
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Other Word Forms of Cue

Noun

Singular:
cue
Plural:
cues

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cue

  • cue in
  • on cue
  • take one's cue from

Origin of Cue

  • French queue tail, billiards cue (in the latter sense perhaps originally referring to the narrow leather-tipped end, or “tail,” of the cue) queue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Perhaps from q, qu abbreviation of Latin quandō when used for actors' copies of plays kwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the letter Q, abbreviation of Latin quando (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Variant of queue

    From Wiktionary

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