Definitions for cues

cues cue

Spelling: [kyoo]
IPA: /kyu/

Cues is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in cues (cesu).

Definitions for cues

noun

  1. anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
  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. a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
  8. a long, usually wooden stick with a concave head, used to propel the disks in shuffleboard.
  9. a queue of hair.
  10. a queue or file, as of persons awaiting their turn.
  11. the letter Q, q.

Idioms

  1. cue (someone) in, Informal. to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to:
  2. miss a cue, to fail to respond to a cue. Informal. to miss the point:

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt:
  2. to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance (usually followed by in or into):
  3. to search for and reach (a specific track on a recording) (sometimes followed by up).
  4. to tie into a queue.
  5. to strike with a cue.

Origin of cues

1545-55; spelled name of the letter q as an abbreviation (found in acting scripts) of Latin quandō when

Examples for cues

A dozen cues stood upright in a military position on a stand.

Instead, they pay attention to signals and cues about what matters most to a president.

Television and film are enormously influential in our culture, particularly for the cues they send about health and sexuality.

I knew nothing of all this, and wondered who was to give me the cues for Agns.

Jay Z should perhaps take some cues from his wife, Beyoncé, who has just done the exact opposite with great éclat.

Taking your cues from Koons is like singing inside a balloon.

On Friday morning, take some cues from around the world—if you can stomach it.

cues had to be given him to distinguish this among his crowded memories.

I looked round for my partner who was to give me my cues, and together we made our entry.

But, while we have time, tell me my cues, for I share your opinion of the Duke of Alva.

Word Value for cues
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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