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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Cue

/(kū)/ · IPA /ˈkjuː/
01 n. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
  1. 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. 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. 3.
    A hint or intimation.
    “Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.” — Swift.
  4. 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. 5.
    Humor; temper of mind.[Colloq.]
  6. 6.
    A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
02 v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
  1. 1.
    To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
03 n. A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.
  1. 1.
    A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.[Obs.]
    “Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues?” — Old Play.