cue

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 [syn: clue, clew]

3 a stimulus that provides information about what to do [syn: discriminative stimulus]

4 sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards [syn: cue stick, pool cue, pool stick] v : assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn: prompt, remind]

English

Pronunciation

• /kjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Homophones

• queue

Etymology 1

From the letter Q, abbreviation of quando (“when”).

Noun

1. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.

Translations

Verb

1. The act of giving someone a cue signal.

   Cue the cameraman, aand action!

Etymology 2

Variant of queue

Noun

1. In the context of "sports|billiards|snooker|pool": A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.

Translations

Verb

1. In the context of "sports|billiards|snooker|pool": The act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue and hitting it.

Synonyms

• cue up

Cue or CUE may refer to:

Places and objects

• Cue, Western Australia, a gold mining town
• CUE Bus (City-University-Energysaver), the local bus system operated by the city of Fairfax, Virginia, United States
• The cue stick (or sometimes the cue ball) in billiard-type games

Event markers

• Sensory cues in perception (experimental psychology)
• Cue (theatrical), the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time, in theatre or film
• Cue (lighting and sound), the electronic rendering of the specific action to be carried out inside an automated lighting or sound system
• Cue (show control), the electronic rendering of the specific action(s) to be carried out at a specific time by a show control system
• Voice cue in dance, words or sounds that help match rhythmic patterns of steps with the music
• Cue mark used in motion picture film to signal projectionists of reel changes
• Cueing, a technique used by Disc Jockeys where DJs once "cued" 45 and 33RPM records to the first sound by hand-turning the record forward and backward on a felt-faced turntable. This technique has been replaced by instant start digital devices. Similar in sound to "scratching" used in hip-hop and rap music.
• Cue, a vocal message given by a group fitness instructor to inform participants of upcoming sequences, such as a change in stretching direction, etc.

Other uses

• "Cue" (among other spellings), a spelled-out name for the letter Q in the English alphabet
• Cue bid, a type of bid in the card game contract bridge
• Cue sheet (computing), a file format using the ".cue" filename extension for specifying the layout of CD tracks
• Cue, a post-rock band from Austin

See also

• Que
• Queue

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