cue

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: clueclewdiscriminative stimuluscue stickpool cuepool stickpromptremind

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  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 problemSynonyms: clueclew
  3. a stimulus that provides information about what to doSynonyms: discriminative stimulus
  4. sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiardsSynonyms: cue stickpool cuepool stick

Verb (1)

  1. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learnedSynonyms: promptremind
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cue \Cue\ (k[=u]), n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.]

1.The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue. [1913 Webster]

2.The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword. [1913 Webster]

When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.A hint or intimation. [1913 Webster]

Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

4.The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play. [1913 Webster]

Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

5.Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

6.A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards. [1913 Webster]

Cue \Cue\, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist. [1913 Webster]
Cue \Cue\, n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.] A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Note: The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion. --Nares. [1913 Webster]

Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues?— Old Play.[1913 Webster]
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