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Cue   /kju/   Listen
Cue

noun
1.
An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
2.
Evidence that helps to solve a problem.  Synonyms: clew, clue.
3.
A stimulus that provides information about what to do.  Synonym: discriminative stimulus.
4.
Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards.  Synonyms: cue stick, pool cue, pool stick.
verb
(past & past part. cued; pres. part. cueing)
1.
Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.  Synonyms: prompt, remind.



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"Cue" Quotes from Famous Books



... distinct signs of warping. We only had one thickness of matchboarding in between us and the elements, and, without looking out of the windows, I could generally ascertain through the slits what was going on in the way of weather. I had chosen my "cue" looking sea-ward because of the view and the sunsets, but then that was in far away Spring. Eva's was next door, and even more exposed than mine. When we happened to mention this state of affairs to Colonel C., he promised us some asbestos to line the outer wall if ...
— Fanny Goes to War • Pat Beauchamp
... should have been Mr. Robert's cue to shoot off something snappy from Bernard Shaw; but just about then he's busy cuttin' across in front of a big coastin' schooner, and all he ...
— Torchy, Private Sec. • Sewell Ford
... mysteries to perform with his rigging in the coach-house, so I was left to do the parade single-handed. I found myself very much of a hero whether I would or not. The girls were full of little shudderings over the dangers of our journey. And I thought it would be ungallant not to take my cue from the ladies. My mishap of yesterday, told in an off-hand way, produced a deep sensation. It was Othello over again, with no less than three Desdemonas and a sprinkling of sympathetic senators in the background. Never were the canoes more ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition - Vol. 1 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... the window, leaned lightly upon the iron railing and studied the title of a book attentively. He was silently absorbed for a full minute, in which the man who had followed him waited. Taking his cue from Armitage's manner he appeared to be deeply interested in the bookseller's display; but the excitement ...
— The Port of Missing Men • Meredith Nicholson
... dropped a dozen or more random hints, but never a sales pitch. Suspense was building nicely when Betty put down an empty glass and unobtrusively pushed the button to cue Nana. Perfect timing. They apologized to the guests, "We're ashamed to be so old-fashioned but we feel better if we look in on the boy when he wakes in the night. It keeps him ...
— The Real Hard Sell • William W Stuart


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