cue
Meanings
noun
- The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
- A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.
noun
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
- A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
- A hint or intimation.
- Humour; temper of mind.
verb
- To give someone a cue signal.
- To spark or provoke.
noun
- A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
verb
- To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
- To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
noun
- Acronym of clear and unmistakable error, a legal standard for appeal of a decision by a Board of Veterans Appeals in the United States.
name
- A surname.
- A small town and local government area (the Shire of Cue) in the Mid West region, Western Australia, named after Tom Cue.
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Etymology
From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.
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