CUE
Cue (k, n. Etym: [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail.
Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.]
1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword. When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. Shak.
3. A hint or intimation. Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. Swift.
4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play. Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. Shak.
5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] Dickens.
6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
CUE
Cue, v. t.
Defn: To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
CUE
Cue, n. Etym: [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.]