1. A stimulus that provides information about what to do
   "The traffic light serves as a cue for drivers";
   - discriminative stimulus
    
2. An actor's line that serves as a signal for some following action or speech
   "He missed his cue and entered the scene too late"
    
3. Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
   "He chalked the tip of his cue stick before taking the shot"; "He carefully chalked the tip of his pool cue before taking the shot";
   - cue stick, pool cue, pool stick

1. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
   "The stage manager cued the nervous actor when he forgot his lines";
   - prompt, remind
    
2. (pool, billiards, etc) take aim at the cue ball and hit it with the cue
   "He carefully cued the ball, hoping to pocket the eight-ball"

Sounds like: cubits, qubitse, queue

Derived forms: cuing, cueing, cued, cues

Type of: inform, input, speech, sports implement, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, words

Encyclopedia: Cue, Western Australia