Cue

Definition: Cue

Cue

Noun

1. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.

2. Evidence that helps to solve a problem.

3. A stimulus that provides information about what to do.

4. Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards.

Verb

1. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Census

Electrical Engineering

Fine Arts

Literature

Post & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CUE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Cue

Advice

Confer, consult, refer to, call in; take advice, follow advice; be advised by, have at one's elbow, take one's cue from.

Business

Part, role, cue; province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line; walk, walk of life; beat, round, routine; race, career.

Dissuasion

Handle, peg to hang on, room locus standi; stalking-horse, cheval de bataille, cue.

Indication

Wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner; Noun: wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue; (inform); show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry.

Gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology, dactylonomy; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show; cue; hint; clue, clew, key, scent.

Information

Hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink; (indicate); suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear.

Hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay; gesture; (indication); gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti; insinuation; (latency).

Skill

Experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished.

Support

Supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings.

Crosswords: Cue

That's the cue for a change-over. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

It will be Terry's job to give the actors their hand cue. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

All right, I'll be Cue Ball. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

And on that note, we cue the music. (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

I think if we'd said no they'd have got offended and beaten us to death with a pool cue. (Spaced; writing credit: Simon Pegg; Jessica Stevenson)

You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue (Are You Lonesome Tonight?; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool (MAGGIE MAY; performing artist: Rod Stewart)

Take your cue from me now (Let's Go!; performing artist: Wang Chung)

Cue Ball Cat (1950)

Champion of the Cue (1945)

Super Cue Men (1937)

Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (1926)

Cue and Mis-Cue (1914)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Celebrating Barbecue: The Ultimate Guide to America's Four Regional Styles of Cue (reference)

• Cue Bidding to Slams (reference)

• Cue Lazarus (Camino Del Sol) (reference)

• Cue the Battered Wife (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• Cue the Elephant!: Backstage Tales at the Cbc (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Youth Cue (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• How To Change Pool Table Cloth & Cue Tip Rrepair (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Cue Sheets (reference)

• On Cue [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cue Club (Jewel Case) (reference)

• Jimmy White Cue Ball World (reference)

• Cue Radio Springboard Module for Handspring Visor (reference)

• Cue Radio Traffic Alert Prepaid Card (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Seagrass extending offshore from mangrove shoreline Red algae covering seagrass is particularly important as chemical cue for larval settlement of spiny lobster post-larvae. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Every man, a poster at Camp Hood. Taking a cue from the Office of War Information (OWI) poster "If you talk too much, this man may die", Private Ivan A. Smith, editor of the Camp Hood Panther, Camp Hood,Texas, originated this novel method of reminding his. Credit: Library of Congress.

Orlando, Florida. Wings Over Jordan, a popular Sunday morning program broadcast by Columbia Broadcasting System from station WDBO. President James A. Colston waiting on the announcers, right, for his cue to begin speaking to a vast audience. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

At the appointed hour, with as much disinterestedness as an actor who reaches his cue, obedient to the divine scenario, they enter into the tomb.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Relapse Prevention Package (1993). Examines two effective relapse prevention models, the Recovery Training and Self-Help (RTSH) program and the Cue Extinction model. (references)

Circadian rhythms can be affected to some degree by almost any kind of external time cue, such as the beeping of your alarm clock, the clatter of a garbage truck, or the timing of your meals. (references)

Reflexes are movements that the body makes automatically in response to a specific cue. For example, if a newborn baby is held on its back and tilted so the legs are above its head, the baby will automatically extend its arms in a gesture, called the Moro reflex, that looks like an embrace. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "cue": billiard cue ♦ Cue avoidance ♦ cue ball ♦ cue girl ♦ cue in ♦ cue smb. in ♦ cue stick ♦ entrance cue ♦ give a person his cue ♦ give smb. the cue ♦ give the cue ♦ on cue ♦ pool cue ♦ take one's cue from ♦ take one's cue from smb. ♦ visual cue. Additional references.

Beginning with "cue": cue-ball, cue-bic, cue-cards, cue-in, cue-line, cue-sheets.

Ending with "cue": time-cue.

Albanian

sugjerim (indoctrination, inspiration, pointer, proposal, proposition, suggestion), stekë (pointer), sinjal (beeper, signal, wigwag), shenjë (accent, aim, auspice, Beck, brand, butt, denotation, denotement, earmark, ensign, evidence, exponent, fleck, foretoken, impress, index, indication, insignia, Mark, marking, obelisk, obelus, office, omen, pledge, pointer, portent, presage, prognostication, scratch, seal, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, tally, target, token, vestige, Wale, weal), radhë (batch, consecution, file, inning, innings, place, play, queue, range, rank, row, run, series, tier, turn), bëj një sugjerim, aluzion (allusion, hint, inkling, innuendo, intimation, pointing, reference). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لمح له, ‏لقن على خشبة المسرح, ‏تلميح (allusion, hint, innuendo, insinuation, periphrasis, suggestion), ‏عصا البليار, ‏طابور (column, crocodile, file, line, queue, row, tabor), ‏ضفيرة (braid, pigtail, plait, plexor, queue, tress), ‏ضفر (braid, entwine, plaiting, queue, wattle, wreathe, writhe), ‏ضرب بعصا البليارد, ‏صف (alignment, bank, classroom, course, delineate, grade, lane, line, lineup, queue, range, rank, row, schoolroom, tier), ‏جديلة (braid, pig tail, plait), ‏جدل (braid, braiding, entwine, intertwine, interweaving, mat, plait, plaiting, twine, twining, twist, wreathe, writhe), ‏المشعرة, ‏إشارة (allusion, denotation, forerunner, gesture, hint, index, indication, innuendo, mark, motion, pitch, prognostic, reference, sign, signal, tip off), ‏رتل (be regular, chant, column, intone, queue, run, string). (various references)

Bulgarian 

условен знак, роля (character, part, role), реплика (catchword, lines, replica, replication, speech), щека (ski pole), кий, намек (allusion, dig, feeler, half word, hint, indirection, inkling, insinuation, intimation, office, pointer, side glance, suggestion, tip off, wink), знак за встъпване, подсещане (reminder, reminding), плитка (braid, pigtail, plait, plat, queue, rope). (various references)

Chinese 

暗示 (Allude, Alluded, Alluding, Hinted, Hinting, implied, implies, imply, Implying, suggestive, Suggestiveness). (various references)

Czech

tágo, narážka (allusion, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, pointer). (various references)

Danish

klarsignal. (various references)

Dutch

cue, commando (command), waarschuwingssignaal, kommando. (various references)

Farsi 

چوب بیلیارد, سخن رهنما, صف بستن , صف (Army, Array, Muster, Queue, Rank, Row, Tier), ایماء , راهنماءی کردن (Conduce, Guide, Herald, Instruct, Lead, Steer, Usher), ردیف (Rank, Row, Run, String, Tier), باچوب بیلیاردزدن . (various references)

Finnish

valmiusmerkki. (various references)

French

réplique (entrance cue). (various references)

German

Aufruf (appeal, call, calling, calling in, envoking, invocation, invoking, proclamation, summons). (various references)

Greek 

στέκα (rake). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלות סיום, מקל ביליאר�", אות (beckon, decoration, emblem, indication, letter, note, sign, signal, signature, symbol, token), רמיז�" (allusion, beckon, hint, implication, mention), רמז (allusion, clue, hint, implication, indication, inkling, intimation, sign, tinge, tip, tip off, wink, winking), סימ� ית (diacritical sign, marker, postscript, receipt, trade mark). (various references)

Hungarian

utasítás (command, dictation, direction, directive, instructions, mandate, manual, ordainment, order, orders, ordinance, regulations, ukase), biliárddákó, végszó, kedv (appetite, humor, inclination, liking, mind, pleasure, spirit, zest), célzás (aim, aiming, allusion, hint, inkling, intimation, pointing), copf (braid, pigtail, plait, tail of hair), figyelmeztetés (admonishment, admonition, caution, caveat, exhortation, expostulation, notice, notification, reminder, remonstrance, tip off, tip-off, warning), hajfonat (braid, plait, rope of hair, tress), hangulat (feel, feeling, frame of mind, humor, humour, mood, moral, morale, perverse mood, tone, way you feel), beintés (upbeat), jel (augury, beacon, characteristic, denotation, label, logo, Mark, note, omen, par, sign, signal, symbol, token), rendezői (auteurial), sorállás, szerep (function, lines, part, role), szerepkör, tanács (advice, advise, advisement, board, c.c., council, counsel, pointer, Rede, soviet, suggestion, syndicate), intés (admonishment, admonition, Beck, carpeting, caution, caveat, exhortation, monition, wafture, wave). (various references)

Indonesian

tongkat bilyard, isyarat (forerunner, gesture, hint, intimation). (various references)

Italian

stecca (busk, false note, rib, rod, slat, splint, stick), spunto (copy, hint), segnale d'azione, segnale d'avvertimento, imbeccata (beakful, prompt), battuta d'entrata. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

キャンプ村 (campaign, campaign sale, campsite, Canberra, Canon, Cuba, Cuban heel, cubic, cubic type, cubism, culotte, culotte skirt, Cupid, curacao, curator, cure, curie, curiosity, curium, cute, cuticle, cuticle cream, cuticle remover, cutie, killer, killer dust, kiosk, queue), 切掛 (chance, excuse, impetus, motive, occasion, start), 切っ掛け (chance, excuse, impetus, motive, occasion, start). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きっかけ (chance, excuse, impetus, motive, occasion, start), キュー (queue). (various references)

Korean 

큐. (various references)

Manx

maidjey (bail, bail in stable, bar, bar on doorway, bat, boarding, club, lever, pitprop, pointer, pole, rod, stick, straddle, wooden), leeid (clue, pointer). (various references)

Norwegian

kø (queue). (various references)

Pig Latin

uecay

Portuguese

taco de bilhar (billiard cue), sinal de entrada, sinal de aviso, rabicho (tail), palpite (divination, hint, shot, tip), interpretação (definition, explication, gloss, reading, rendering, transferal, translation, version), disposição (accommodation, arrangement, cheer, disposal, fit, formation, lay, line-up, liveliness, mood, order, predisposition, proviso, stomach, temperament, tendency), deixa (catchword, headword). (various references)

Romanian

tac (crack, slap, smack, tramp), replicã (catchword, counterpart, imitation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, replication, reply, respond, response, retort, retortion, tag), indicaţie (denotation, direction, directive, indication, intimation), directivã (dictate, direction, directions, directive, directives, leading). (various references)

Russian 

реплика, кий (billiard cue), намек (allusion, allusiveness, gentle reminder, half word, half-word, hint, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, overtone, pointing, ring, soupcon, suggestion, tip, tip off, tipoff). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tak, replika (line, replica), red (array, consecution, inning, innings, line, order, ordinance, phylum, progression, queue, row, series, turn), bilijar (billiard, billiards, pool), šlagvort. (various references)

Spanish

cola (bottom, cement, glue, gum, line, queue, rear, size, tail, trail, train), taco de billar (billiard cue), taco (block, brick, nail, pad, rawlplug, stopper, swearword, tablet, taco, tampion, wad, wadding), señal de cola, señal de aviso (warning signal), señal (bookmark, deposit, impress, impression, mark, marker, motion, note, print, punch mark, score, sign, signal, token, trace, wave), indicación convenida, apunte (annotation, entry, jotting, memorandum, note, record, sketch), .f. (letters patent, mother tape, patent). (various references)

Swedish

vink (Beck, hint, inkling, intimation, line, office, sign, tip, wave), biljardkö. (various references)

Turkish

sufle etmek (prompt), replik (catcword), kuyruk (breech, brush, caudal, line, queue, scut, tail, tail fin, together, trail, train), isteka, işaret vermek (give smb. a sign, give smb. the cue, make a sign to smb.), işaret (augury, badge, character, chop, clew, clue, device, distinguishing mark, earmark, ensign, foretoken, gesture, glimpse, graph, harbinger, hint, index, indication, indicator, landmark, logo, logotype, marker, note, pip, prognostic, prognostication, representation, sign, signal, signature, symbol, symptom, token, touch, trace), bilardo sopası (bat), başlama işareti. (various references)

Ukrainian

сигнал (note, signal, sounding, warning, watchword, wave), репліка (catchword), кий (billiard cue), настрій (cheer, disposition, humor, humour, mood, posture, spirit, temper, vein), натяк (allusion, hint, intimation, office, shadow, smell, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, whisper). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự ra hiệu (nod), lời nói bóng, lời ám chỉ, gậy chơi bi-a tóc đuôi sam. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cue": cued, cueing, cues, cuesta, cuestas. (additional references)

Words ending with "cue": barbecue, curlicue, curlycue, fescue, miscue, rescue. (additional references)

Words containing "cue": barbecued, barbecuer, barbecuers, barbecues, curlicued, curlicues, curlycues, evacuee, evacuees, fescues, miscued, miscues, rescued, rescuer, rescuers, rescues. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caex, cbe, cce, Ccem, ccu, ccuf, cde, ce, cea, cee, Ceea, ceef, ceem, ceh, cei, Ceoe, ceu, ceux, cew, cewe, cexe, Ceze, cfe, cfu, cge, che, chua, Chue, Chui, cie, Ciec, ciev, ciew, cii, Cize, cle, cme, cmu, cne, coe, coee, coei, coue, coui, crue, cse, Csee, Cte, cua, cuan, cuay, cuc, cuel, cuer, cuey, cuf, cufe, cug, cuge, cuh, cuj, cule, cume, cune, cuo, cupe, cuq, cuse, Cuu, cuv, cuve, cuw, cux, cuy, cuz, cuze, cwe, cxe, cye, Czudek, euc, icue, iue, keu, kue, kui, Kume, Mcui, uc, Uca, uce, Ucet, Ucw, ucx, ue. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ecu.

+1 letter: clue, cube, cued, cues, cuke, cure, cute, duce, ecru, ecus, luce, puce.

+2 letters: acute, cause, cecum, centu, chute, clued, clues, coude, coupe, crude, cruel, cruet, cruse, cubeb, cubed, cuber, cubes, cukes, culet, culex, cupel, cured, curer, cures, curet, curie, curse, curve, cusec, cuter, cutes, cutey, cutie, deuce, douce, duces, dunce, ecrus, educe, educt, eruct, heuch, juice, luces, lucre, ounce, puces, recur, recut, ruche, sauce, scute, sucre, teuch, truce, ulcer, uncle, ureic.