cue
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[edit] Etymology 1
From the letter Q, abbreviation of Latin quando (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.
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cue (plural cues)
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- The name of the letter Q.
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- (a signal): sensory cue
[edit] Alternative forms
- (the letter): cu, qu, que, kue, kewe
[edit] Translations
name of the letter Q, q
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to cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)
- The act of giving someone a cue signal.
- Cue the cameraman, aand action!
[edit] Etymology 2
Variant of queue
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cue (plural cues)
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.
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straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
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to cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue and hitting it.
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[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

