Cue (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. 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.
  2. anything that excites to action; stimulus.
  3. a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion.
  4. the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action.
  5. a sensory signal used to identify experiences, facilitate memory, or organize responses.
  6. frame of mind; mood.
verb (used with object), cued, cu·ing.
  1. to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt: Will you cue me on my lines?
  2. to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance (usually followed by in or into): to cue in a lighting effect.
  3. to search for and reach (a specific track on a recording) (sometimes followed by up).
Idioms
  1. to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to: Cue him in on the plans for the dance.
  2. miss a cue,
    • to fail to respond to a cue.
    • to miss the point: You could tell by his expression that he had missed a cue.
noun
  1. a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
  2. a long, usually wooden stick with a concave head, used to propel the disks in shuffleboard.
  3. a queue or braid of hair worn behind the head.
  4. a queue or file, as of persons awaiting their turn.
verb (used with object), cued, cu·ing.
  1. to tie into a queue.
  2. to strike with a cue.
noun
  1. the letter Q, q.
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
  2. a signal or reminder to do something
  3. the part of any sensory pattern that is identified as the signal for a response
  4. the part, function, or action assigned to or expected of a person
verb cues, cueing or cued
  1. to give a cue or cues to (an actor)
  2. to signal (to something or somebody) at a specific moment in a musical or dramatic performance
  3. to give information or a reminder to (someone)
  4. to signal the commencement of filming, as with the word "Action!"
noun
  1. a long tapered shaft with a leather tip, used to drive the balls
  2. hair caught at the back forming a tail or braid
  3. US a variant spelling of queue
verb cues, cueing or cued
  1. to drive (a ball) with a cue
  2. to twist or tie (the hair) into a cue
Cue (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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