cue

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Alternative forms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.4 External links

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

[edit] Homophones

• queue

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

cue (plural cues)

1. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
2. The name of the letter Q.
   • Hast thou […] suck'd Philosophy, ate cues, drank cees?

[edit] Derived terms

• (a signal): sensory cue

[edit] Alternative forms

• (the letter): cu, qu, que, kue, kewe

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)

1. The act of giving someone a cue signal.

   Cue the cameraman, aand action!

[edit] Etymology 2

Variant of queue

[edit] Noun

cue (plural cues)

1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.

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[edit] Verb

to cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)

1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue and hitting it.

[edit] Synonyms

• cue up

[edit] External links

• cue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• cue in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911