cue
/kjuː/
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something
- plural
- cues
Meanings
- 1
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something
Tom missed his cue to speak.
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Mary missed her cue to speak.
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- 2
The name of the Latin script letter Q/qrare
- 3
A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery booksrare
- 4
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchwordrare
- 5
A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recordingrare
- 6
A hint or intimationrare
- 7
Humour; temper of mindrare
- 8
A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various gamesrare
- 9
The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queuerare