cue

¹cue

noun \ˈkyü\

Definition of CUE

: the letter q

Origin of CUE

Middle English cu half a farthing (spelled form of q, abbreviation for Latin quadrans quarter of an as)

First Known Use: circa 1755

Rhymes with CUE

blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo

²cue

noun

Definition of CUE

1

a : a signal (as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action

b : something serving a comparable purpose : hint

2

: a feature indicating the nature of something perceived

3

archaic : the part one has to perform in or as if in a play

4

archaic : mood, humor

Origin of CUE

probably from qu, abbreviation (used as a direction in actors' copies of plays) of Latin quando when

First Known Use: 1553

³cue

transitive verb

cuedcu·ing or cue·ing

Definition of CUE

1

: to give a cue to : prompt

2

: to insert into a continuous performance <cue in sound effects>

First Known Use of CUE

1922

⁴cue

noun

Definition of CUE

1

a : a leather-tipped tapering rod for striking the cue ball (as in billiards and pool)

b : a long-handled instrument with a concave head for shoving disks in shuffleboard

2

: queue 2

Origin of CUE

French queue, literally, tail, from Old French cue, coe, queue, from Latin cauda

First Known Use: circa 1749

Other Game Terms

bezique, carom, convention, crap, euchre, gambit, monte, parlay, tierce

⁵cue

verb

cuedcu·ing or cue·ing

Definition of CUE

transitive verb

1

: queue

2

: to strike with a cue

intransitive verb

1

: queue

2

: to use a cue

First Known Use of CUE

circa 1784

cue

noun \ˈkyü\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of CUE

: a minor stimulus acting as an indication of the nature of the perceived object or situation <foreshortened lines in the picture are cues to depth perception>