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What (who) is cue - definition
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CUE; Cueing; Cue (disambiguation); Cues
cue
n.
signal
1) to give the cue
2) to take one's cue from smb.
3) to miss the cue
4) on cue
cue
n.
1.
Hint, suggestion, intimation, catchword, wink, nod.
2.
Rod (in billiards).
cue
(cues, cueing, cued)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
I had never known him miss a cue.
N-COUNT: oft with poss
2.
If one performer cues another, they say or do something which is a signal for the second performer to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
He read the scene, with Seaton cueing him.
VERB: V n
3.
If you say that something that happens is a cue for an action, you mean that people start doing that action when it happens.
That was the cue for several months of intense bargaining...
N-COUNT: oft N for n, N to-inf
4.
A cue is a long, thin wooden stick that is used to hit the ball in games such as snooker, billiards, and pool.
N-COUNT
5.
If you say that something happened on cue or as if on cue, you mean that it happened just when it was expected to happen, or just at the right time.
Kevin arrived right on cue to care for Harry...
PHRASE
6.
If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
Taking his cue from his companion, he apologized for his earlier display of temper.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR from n
Examples of use of cue
1. You‘d cue off –– cue the terrorists to what you‘re going to do.
2. Instead of taking our cue from who stands closest to the edge of the platform, we should take our cue from the music itself.
3. Almost on cue, another drunk reveller bobs into him.
4. Cue another round of deranged mad–scientist laughter.
5. "The Inside Man" takes its cue mostly from other movies.