cuing

Variant of cue

cue definition

cue (kyo̵̅o̅)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Music a gesture or written device used to signal the entry of one or more instrumentalists or vocalists
  3. anything serving as a signal to do something
  4. an indirect suggestion; hint
  5. Now Rare
    1. the role that one is assigned to play
    2. a necessary course of action
  6. Archaic frame of mind; mood; temperament
  7. 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, cuing cu′·ing or cueing cue′·ing

to give a cue to
cue Idioms

cue in

to add (dialogue, music, etc.) at a particular point in a script

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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