Meaning of Cue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
3. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
4. A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
5. Acronym of clear and unmistakable error, a legal standard for appeal of a decision by a Board of Veterans Appeals in the United States.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. A small town and local government area (the Shire of Cue) in the Mid West region, Western Australia, named after Tom Cue.
   countable, uncountable
7. 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 books.
   UK, obsolete
8. 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 catchword.
9. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
   obsolete
10. A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
11. A hint or intimation.
12. Humour; temper of mind.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“"My name is Quinn," said Quinn. "Cue-you-eye-en-en."”

“This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner. That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.”

“When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.”

“Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.”

“Fat, short, radiant, General Chattesworth—in full, artillery uniform—was there, smiling, and making little speeches to the ladies, and bowing stiffly from his hips upward—his great cue playing all the time up and down his back, and sometimes so near the ground when he stood erect and threw back his head, that Toole, seeing Juno eyeing the appendage rather viciously, thought it prudent to cut her speculations short with a smart kick.”

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