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cue
1[kyoo]
noun
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action.
An off-stage door slam was his cue to enter.
Synonyms:anything that excites to action; stimulus.
a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion.
Synonyms: , , , ,the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action.
a sensory signal used to identify experiences, facilitate memory, or organize responses.
Archaic.frame of mind; mood.
verb (used with object)
to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt.
Will you cue me on my lines?
to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance (usually followed by in orinto ).
to cue in a lighting effect.
to search for and reach (a specific track on a recording) (sometimes followed byup ).
cue
2[kyoo]
noun
a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
a long, usually wooden stick with a concave head, used to propel the disks in shuffleboard.
a queue or braid of hair worn behind the head.
a queue or file, as of persons awaiting their turn.
verb (used with object)
to tie into a queue.
to strike with a cue.
cue
3[kyoo]
noun
the letter Q, q.
cue
1/ ː /
noun
(in the theatre, films, music, etc) anything spoken or done that serves as a signal to an actor, musician, etc, to follow with specific lines or action
at the right moment
a signal or reminder to do something
psychol the part of any sensory pattern that is identified as the signal for a response
the part, function, or action assigned to or expected of a person
verb
(tr) to give a cue or cues to (an actor)
to signal (to something or somebody) at a specific moment in a musical or dramatic performance
to cue in a flourish of trumpets
(tr) to give information or a reminder to (someone)
(intr) to signal the commencement of filming, as with the word "Action!"
cue
2/ ː /
noun
billiards snooker a long tapered shaft with a leather tip, used to drive the balls
hair caught at the back forming a tail or braid
a variant spelling of queue
verb
to drive (a ball) with a cue
(tr) to twist or tie (the hair) into a cue
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Idioms and Phrases
miss a cue,
to fail to respond to a cue.
Informal. to miss the point.
You could tell by his expression that he had missed a cue.
cue (someone) in, to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to.
Cue him in on the plans for the dance.
Example Sentences
When I'm competing against the best in the world, you need everything to be giving you those cues, the best feelings, in order to be most accurate.
He hunched over a keyboard, sang a bit of “I Want to Take You Higher” in a distracted manner, seemed to miss a few cues and walked off before the song was over.
However, when singing for females, their dopamine system is activated by a social response based on the cues they receive from the female.
Will people have fewer conditioned hallucinations when the visual cue is red and will the corresponding brain activity changes be more concentrated in areas linked more with inhibition or with sound perception?
Then, as if on cue, the skaters disperse around the pool bowl, streaming in and out of it, the sound of rattling wheels and screeching metal on concrete filling the space.
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A cue is any planned action that triggers an actor’s response or line of dialogue in performance art, as in I’m so embarrassed that I missed my cue to walk on stage!A cue is more generally something that triggers an action, as in The teacher handing out the test was our cue to put our books away.A cue can also be a hint, I should have seen my mother’s angry face as my cue to apologize.To cue means to provide a hint or prompt for an action, as in The actors cued each other during rehearsal so they could memorize all the cues.To cue can also mean to insert or direct to come in, as in Cue the music, and raise the curtain!Example: Juan came in on cue but flubbed his line, so we had to reshoot the scene.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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