cue¹ /kū/

1. The last words of an actor's speech serving as a signal to the next speaker to begin
2. Any word or action that serves as a signal to begin a speech, action, operation, etc
3. A stimulus that produces a response (psychology)
4. The part one has to play (archaic)

1. To give a cue to
2. To insert (eg a film sequence, sound effect, etc) into a script

cue bid noun (bridge)

A bid in a suit other than the intended trump suit, made to describe a feature of one's hand to one's partner

cue someone in (orig US sl)

To inform (someone)

on cue

Just at the right moment

take one's cue from

To follow someone's advice or example

cue² /kū/

1. A twist of hair at the back of the head
2. A rod used in playing snooker, billiards, etc

1. To form a cue in (hair)
2. To hit (a ball) with a cue (also intransitive verb)

cueˈist noun

A snooker- or billiard-player

cue ball noun

The ball struck by the cue in snooker, billiards, etc

cueˈman noun (informal)

A snooker player

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