Cue cards are used primarily on television to help the actors remember their lines.
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Cue
//ˈkjuː//
Synonyms for "cue" (205 found)
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Strong matches (62)
cudgelcue upcue worddiscriminative stimulusdockdolldoll carriagedollhouseevidencefantailfat partfeederflapperframeframe of mindgentle hintgesturegewgawgimcrackglimmer
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glimmeringgolf clubheartheavyheroheroinehinthobbyhorsehot leadhumorimplicationindexindicationingenueinklinginnuendoinsinuationintimationjack-in-the-boxjacksjackstonesjackstrawsjoggerkeykey wordkickkickshawknickknackknotleadlead roleleading ladyleading manleading womanlibrettolineslookmarblemarionette
Noun(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (102)
memorandummigmindmonitionmoodmoralenodnotenotionnudgeofficepaper dollpartpassing wordpersonpersonagepick-up stickspiecepigtailpinwheel
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plaitplaybookplaythingpointerprodprompterpromptingprotagonistpuppetqueueracketrag dollrattailremembranceremembrancerreminderrocking horserolescenarioscene plotscentscorescriptshooting scriptsidesignsignalsoubrettespiritspiritsspoorsportstate of mindsteeliesteerstraight partstraw in the windstubsuggestionsupporting charactersupporting rolesuspicionsymptomtailtailpiecetawteetotumtelltaletempertextticklertiptip offtip-offtitle roletonetoptopknottoytoy soldiertracetracktrinkettwistveinvestigevillainwalk onwalk-onwalking partwarningwhiffwhim whamwhim-whamwhisperwindwinkword to the wise
Noun(2 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 53 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كُو noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Armenian
2 entries- խաղաձող noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- կիյ noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Asturian
1 entries- cu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Belarusian
1 entries- кій noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Bengali
1 entries- কিউ noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Bulgarian
4 entries- загатване noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- ку noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- намек noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- намек noun (hint or intimation)
Catalan
3 entries- cu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- estímul noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- tac noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 球杆 noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Czech
4 entries- kvé noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- narážka noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- podnět noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- signál noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Dutch
3 entries- keu noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- quu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- teken noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Esperanto
2 entries- kuo noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- puŝbastono noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Faroese
2 entries- biljardstokkur noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- ku noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Finnish
4 entries- biljardikeppi noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- guu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- kuu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- köö noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
French
4 entries- cu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- ku noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- queue de billard noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- signal noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Galician
1 entries- que noun (name of the letter Q, q)
German
4 entries- Billardstock noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- Hinweis noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- Queue noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- Signal noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Greek
1 entries- κιου noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kopa noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Hebrew
2 entries- אות noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- סִימָן noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Hindi
1 entries- क्यू noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Hungarian
4 entries- biliárddákó noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- dákó noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- jel noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- jelzés noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Icelandic
4 entries- kjuði noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- kú noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- markorð noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- stikkorð noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Ido
3 entries- bastono noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- biliardo-bastono noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- qe noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Indonesian
1 entries- ki noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Irish
2 entries- ciú noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- cú noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Italian
4 entries- avvertimento noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- cu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- segnale noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- stecca noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Japanese
2 entries- キュー noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- キュー noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Korean
1 entries- 큐 noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Latin
2 entries- kū noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- signum noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Latvian
1 entries- kija noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Macedonian
2 entries- ку noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- так noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Malay
1 entries- kiu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Manx
1 entries- maidjey billiard noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Marathi
1 entries- क्यू noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Māori
4 entries- kiu noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- tohuuru noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- tohuuru noun (words which serve to remind an actor)
- tīwhiri noun (hint or intimation)
Norwegian
1 entries- ku noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Occitan
1 entries- cu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Persian
1 entries- علامت دادن noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Polish
1 entries- kij (bilardowy) noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Portuguese
4 entries- deixa noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- quê noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- sinal noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- taco noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Russian
4 entries- кий noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- ку noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- кью noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- намёк noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- ku noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- tak noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- šlagvort noun (words which serve to remind an actor)
Slovak
4 entries- podnet noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- signál noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- tágo noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- znamenie noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Spanish
4 entries- barrunto noun (hint or intimation)
- cu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- indicio noun (hint or intimation)
- señal noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
Swedish
2 entries- biljardkö noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- kö noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Tagalog
2 entries- balap noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- kyu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Thai
1 entries- คิว noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Turkish
2 entries- isteka noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- kû noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кий noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- нáтяк noun (hint or intimation)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cu noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- cơ noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- quy noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- quờ noun (name of the letter Q, q)
Volapük
1 entries- biliarastaf noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Welsh
4 entries- ciw noun (name of the letter Q, q)
- ciw noun (action or event that is a signal to do something)
- ciw noun (words which serve to remind an actor)
- ciw noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Zazaki
1 entries- çue noun (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I'll take my cue from you.
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The men are smiling on cue.
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That's my cue.
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