cue
cue (kyo̵̅o̅)
noun
- a bit of dialogue, action, or music that is a signal for an actor's entrance or speech, or for the working of curtains, lights, sound effects, etc.
- Music a gesture or written device used to signal the entry of one or more instrumentalists or vocalists
- anything serving as a signal to do something
- an indirect suggestion; hint
- Now Rare
- the role that one is assigned to play
- a necessary course of action
- Archaic frame of mind; mood; temperament
- Psychol. a secondary stimulus that guides behavior, often without entering consciousness
Etymology: < q, Q, used in plays in 16th & 17th c. to indicate actors' entrances; prob. abbrev. of some L word (as quando, when, qualis, in what manner)
transitive verb cued, cu′·ing or cue′·ing
to give a cue to
cue in
☆to add (dialogue, music, etc.) at a particular point in a script
cue (kyo̵̅o̅)
noun
- queue ()
- a long, tapering, tipped rod used in billiards and pool to strike the cue ball
- a long, shovel-like stick used in shuffleboard to push the disks
Etymology: var. of queue
transitive verb cued, cu′·ing or cue′·ing
- to braid (hair)
- to strike (a cue ball) with a cue
cue
n.
Object
- recall: When recall ing lists of words, what is the difference between free recall and cued recall?
Converse of object
- miss: In what I take to be whatever the opposite of a missed cue is?
- detect: Failure to detect cues from the immune system changes the parasite's development pattern.
Adjective modifier
- non-verbal: We therefore need to develop and use other non-verbal cues which are tangible and helpful to the child.
- paralinguistic: Paralinguistic cues What are paralinguistic cues in the context of text-based communication?
- contextual: The words are arranged in random order to minimize contextual cues.
- nonverbal: Nonverbal cues crucial buck you put which qualify a opening a card.
- visual: For a visual cue to some of these words, please refer to our Map.
- auditory: Catching a bounced ball is easier to catch, because of the auditory cue from the ball hitting the floor.
Modifies a noun
- weighting: Development of cue weighting strategies in children's speech perception.
- ball: The cue ball must be played from the spot near the front of the table.
- bid: Partner had slower ways of reaching 4NT had he wished to force, such as a cue bid of 4.
- sheet: SR: I usually provide my producers and distributors with a cue sheet, but they never get down to doing it.
- card: On the cue cards were colored cartoon drawings of three imaginary people, with names.
Noun used with modifier
- snooker: Simon wins a 3 piece ash snooker cue endorsed by " The Rocket " Ronnie O'Sullivan.
- styling: You could see the styling cues from the big saloon all over the new sports car.
- billiard: At about 11.30 am he looked in at Louis Meier's shop, intending to buy a billiard cue.
- retrieval: In Hindi, the agreement feature provides an extra retrieval cue at the verb.
- pool: The tall pool player was still looking around angrily, holding his pool cue like a bat.
- lighting: There are over 350 lighting cues called by the stage manager per performance.
And there he plays extravagant matches In fitless finger-stalls On a cloth untrue With a twisted cue And elliptical billiard balls.
Browse dictionary entries near cue
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- cucurbit
- cucumber tree
- cue ball
- cue card
- Cuenca
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- cuff
- cuff link
- cuffing trades
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