cue n
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]

Cue \Cue\ (k[=u]), 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.

Cue \Cue\, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

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.

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