Meaning

9 senses
  1. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.

    кьюkʹju, куku

  2. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.

    Wink, Signal, Hinweis

    намёкnamjók, сигна́лsignál

  3. 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.

    Stichwort

    подсказкаpodskazka

  4. A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.

  5. A hint or intimation.

    подсказкаpodskazka

    нáтякnátjak

  6. A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

    Queue, Billardstock

    кийkij

    кийkyj

  7. (UK, obsolete)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.

  8. (obsolete)Humour; temper of mind.

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

More definitions
  • sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
  • an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
  • a stimulus that provides information about what to do
  • evidence that helps to solve a problem

Examples

24 sentences
  1. The men are smiling on cue.

    Чоловіки посміхалися в потрібний момент.

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  2. I'll take my cue from you.

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  3. Tom has difficulty reading social cues.

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  4. Tom missed his cue to speak.

    deTom hat sein Stichwort verpasst.

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  5. Mary missed her cue to speak.

    deMaria hat ihr Stichwort verpasst.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
hint or intimation:
straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool:
Русский
By meaning 4
name of the letter Q, q:
action or event that is a signal to do something:
words which serve to remind an actor:
straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
action or event that is a signal to do something:
words which serve to remind an actor:
straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool:

Origin

From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quad

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.

From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quandō (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.

Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

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Forms

plural: cues

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

21 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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