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Cue   /kju/   Listen
Cue

noun
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.  Synonyms: clew, clue.
3.
A stimulus that provides information about what to do.  Synonym: discriminative stimulus.
4.
Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards.  Synonyms: cue stick, pool cue, pool stick.
verb
(past & past part. cued; pres. part. cueing)
1.
Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.  Synonyms: prompt, remind.



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"Cue" Quotes from Famous Books



... flat surface 6 feet long by 5 feet wide. Over the upper surface I stretched and tacked down a sheet to form the cloth. I bought a broomstick and with the assistance of the camp carpenter shaved it down to form a passable cue, tipping the end with a small piece of leather cut from my boot. The table was rigged up in the open air, boxes and barrels serving as the legs, while it was levelled as far as practicable. There was only one ball. At the opposite end—on the spot—I placed two match-boxes set ...
— Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons - Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben • Henry Charles Mahoney
... the Deists, 'from the mighty author of "Christianity as old as the Creation," to the drunken, blaspheming cobbler who wrote against Jesus and the Resurrection.'[156] The subsequent writers on the Deistical side took their cue from Tindal, thus showing the estimation in which his book was ...
— The English Church in the Eighteenth Century • Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
... of curiosity I turned my head and saw that at the distance of a block a squad of police was following us. Then it dawned upon me that the woman was endeavoring to give our party the cue. When the steps of the hotel were reached I felt impelled to see where the woman would go. She stood on the corner of the street for half a minute and then disappeared ...
— The Transgressors - Story of a Great Sin • Francis A. Adams
... went limp. The new-comer had sprung up the steps. The form was slender and sinewy. Hands, face, and dress were black with soot, but the young voice was deep and the ring of accustomed command was in every word. "That's your cue, Mr. Cullin. Arrest him and fetch him along." Then turning to Toomey: "There's no one at the cab. Better get back, quick!" he added. ...
— To The Front - A Sequel to Cadet Days • Charles King
... indubitable word, The great Unconscious Cue. Has it been spoken and unheard? Spoken, perhaps, by ...
— The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems • Aldous Huxley


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