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noun

Cue n.

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

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

A hint or intimation. "Give them (the servants) their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house."

The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play. "Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter."

Humor; temper of mind. (Colloq.)

A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.

Cue n. A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. (Obs.) 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. "Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues?"

verb

Cue v. t. (past & past part. cued; pres. part. cueing) To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

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Etymology of 'Cue'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cue" Quotes from Famous Books

... egg rolling, as it were, spontaneously over the ground? And not only one egg; for, as they continued to gaze a while, the whole lot, as if taking their cue from it, commenced imitating the movement, some with a gentle, others a more violent motion! Murtagh sprang back affrighted, and stood with his red hair on end, gazing at the odd and inexplicable phenomenon. ...

— The Castaways • Captain Mayne Reid

... These words are the cue for those who are to represent the Violets to prepare to enter from different points on the right, and to make a soft, stirring sound before they come into view, ...

— Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs • Alice C. Fletcher

... the danger to respectable persons of meddling with stolen property gave Mr. Bamber his cue. ...

— The Uttermost Farthing - A Savant's Vendetta • R. Austin Freeman

... you walking with me in the Park last week and has been to my studio a half-dozen times begging me to take you to see him. Please, Mary dear, do this for my sake. I owe Gordon a debt I can never pay. He gave me the cue to the work that set me on my feet. He was big and generous and helpful when I needed a friend. He asked nothing in return but the privilege of helping me again if I ever needed it. You can do me an ...

— The Foolish Virgin • Thomas Dixon

... wondered in my soul how many broken hearts were covered by those lace and velvet garments, and those smiling, superficial faces. The thought absorbed me so that I forgot everything and the prompter thought I'd forgotten my part entirely and gave me my cue." ...

— A Beautiful Alien • Julia Magruder

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