Cue

English Meaning

The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

1. Games A long tapered rod with a leather tip used to strike the cue ball in billiards and pool.
2. Games A long stick with a concave attachment at one end for shoving disks in shuffleboard.
3. A queue of hair.
4. A line of waiting people or vehicles; a queue.
5. Games To strike with a cue.
6. To braid or twist (hair) into a queue.
7. To form a line or queue.
8. A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.
9. A reminder or prompting.
10. A hint or suggestion.
11. Music An extract from the music for another part printed, usually in smaller notes, within a performer's part as a signal to enter after a long rest.
12. Music A gesture by a conductor signaling the entrance of a performer or part.
13. Psychology A stimulus, either consciously or unconsciously perceived, that elicits or signals a type of behavior.
14. Archaic One's assigned role or function.
15. Archaic A mood; a disposition.
16. To give a cue to; signal or prompt.
17. To insert into the sequence of a performance: cued the lights for the monologue scene.
18. To position (an audio or video recording) in readiness for playing: cue up a record on the turntable.
19. cue in To give information or instructions to, as to a latecomer.
20. The letter q.