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[[t]kyu[/t]]

n. v. cued, cu•ing

1) sbz anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:

The gunshot is your cue to enter[/ex]

2) anything that excites to action; stimulus

3) a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion

4) psl anb a sensory signal that serves to elicit a behavioral response

5) the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action

6) archaic frame of mind; mood

7) sbz to give a cue to; prompt

8) sbz to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a performance (often fol. by in):

to cue in a lighting effect[/ex]

9) hfi mad to search for and reach (a track on a recording)

10) idi cue in, Informal. to give information, news, etc., to; inform

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Etymology: 1545–55; spelled name of the letter q as an abbreviation (found in acting scripts) of L quandō when II

cue

[[t]kyu[/t]] n. v. cued, cu•ing

1) gam a tapering rod, tipped with leather, used to strike the ball in pool, billiards, etc

2) gam a stick used to propel the disks in shuffleboard

3) queue 1), queue 2)

4) gam to strike with a cue

5) to tie (hair) into a queue

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Etymology: 1725–35; < F queue tail, OF coue < L cōda, earlier cauda tail; cf. coward, queue III

cue

[[t]kyu[/t]] n.

cvb the letter

Q, q[/ex]

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Etymology: 1400–50; late ME cu