Cue \Cue\ (k[=u]), n. [ 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. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Cue \Cue\, n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.] 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. ※ ||
As a result, stocks quickly gave up their early gains and drifted for much of the session before taking their cue from the bond market, which slumped amid concerns that the Federal Reserve may be acting to tighten credit.
That came as a setback to some faint hopes in the financial world that the Federal Reserve might take the employment data as a cue to relax its credit policy further.
Taking a cue from industry, some cities are managing their real estate aggressively, like a portfolio of securities.
"In real life, we act according to the cue.
Foreign and domestic institutional investors took the dollar's climb as a cue to buy West German stocks, brokers said.
Taking the cue, I gallop offstage on a stickhorse.
Assuming Philips holds on until it thinks otherwise, investors should take their cue from the parent.
Congress, taking its cue from President Reagan, is preparing to pretend that the federal budget deficit isn't a problem in this election year.
Possibly the personnel office was taking its cue from Treasury Secretary James Baker, who distanced himself from the W-4 fiasco early on.
Failure to resolve the dispute will be a cue for Allied-Signal to reactivate its formal complaint that carries the threat of stiff trade sanctions against Japan.
And University of San Francisco dolphin researcher Diana Reiss says that even if the wild dolphins should perform on cue, it could be because of coincidence and not language.
Chancellor Norman Lamont duly took the cue in his Budget by announcing enhanced inheritance tax reliefs for family businesses. The proposals were not included in the Finance Act.
The Australian stock market often takes its immediate cue from the price of gold, and while the price dropped in New York Friday, it recovered $2 an ounce to around $450 during the Australian session, boosting some issues.
The cut in the repo rate provided the cue for the dollar's high for the day of DM1.7146, after a previous close of DM1.7050.
But everything is a little stilted, as though the entire movie is taking its cue from Desi Arnaz Jr.'s flatfooted imitation of his father.
"Many women are taking their cue from the sluggish economy and starting families," says Cathy Chaney of First Capital Life Insurance Co. in San Diego.
But taking the cue from England, anti-fur branches of animal rights groups have cropped up across the continent.
Because Congress, perhaps taking their cue from the other party's leadership, laid on my desk a bill that would have set back our nation's defenses severely.
Traders also took a cue from U.S. political pressure for a lower dollar, although Washington policy makers have abandoned that campaign lately.
Taking his cue from Bush on the steamy day, Quayle doffed his coat, momentarily struggling to pull his arms out of the sleeves.
Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher of West Germany, almost on cue, praised Budapest for its "new way of thinking" and humane policies just hours after the exodus began on Monday.
Turnover was reported to have been low. Equities took their cue from options again; brokers also noted that negative sentiment took hold in the absence of any major corporate news.
Under the guild contract, not even cue cards can be drawn up without violating the strike.
During six months of shooting, storms appeared on cue and freakish weather added just the right touch of ice to the Baltic Sea for a critical scene.
Taking a cue from Army Pfc.
Stocks closed higher in moderate trading on London's Stock Exchange Wednesday, as the market took its cue from a buoyant Wall Street.
"This kind of action seems to happen almost on cue," said John Burnett, senior vice president at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Steiger exploded on cue.
She attributed the gains to technical factors and predicted that traders will take their cue today from the consumer price report.
Many candidates seem to be taking their cue from freshman Rep. Jim McCrery of Louisiana.