cued
simple past tense and past participle of cue
• Cude, Duce, Educ., educ.
Source: Wiktionary
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, v. t.
Definition: To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Cue, n. Etym: [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.]
Definition: A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.]
Note: The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion. Nares. Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues Old Play.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
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