noun, verb, cued, cu⋅ing.| 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. | Archaic. frame of mind; mood. |
| 7. | to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt: Will you cue me on my lines? |
| 8. | to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance (usually fol. by in or into): to cue in a lighting effect. |
| 9. | to search for and reach (a specific track on a recording) (sometimes fol. by up). |
| 10. | cue (someone) in, Informal. to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to: Cue him in on the plans for the dance. |
| 11. | miss a cue,
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noun, verb, cued, cu⋅ing.| 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 of hair. |
| 4. | a queue or file, as of persons awaiting their turn. |
| 5. | to tie into a queue. |
| 6. | to strike with a cue. |