cue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cue	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cue n an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech evidence that helps to solve a problem Synonym(s): clue, clew, cue a stimulus that provides information about what to do Synonym(s): discriminative stimulus, cue sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards Synonym(s): cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick v assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned Synonym(s): prompt, remind, cue
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cue \Cue\ (k[umac]), 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. 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. When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. --Shak. 3. A hint or intimation. Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. --Swift. 4. 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. --Shak. 5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] --Dickens. 6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cue \Cue\, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] 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. Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues? --Old Play.