cue

(Inglés)

Noun

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
2. (UK, obsolete) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.

Verb

1. To give someone a cue signal.
2. (broadly) To spark or provoke.

Verb

1. To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
2. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈkjuː/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: cu

In summary

From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.

Sinónimos

hint

clue

queue

retort

reply

cue stick

rebuttal

crackdown

answer

rejoinder

chance

🎲

prompt

pool cue

pool stick

motive

replica

clew

tip

remind

signal

billiard cue

start

impetus

inkling

excuse

occasion

discriminative stimulus

password

pigtail

plait

plat

prelude

presentiment

pretext

rake

reaction

reason

refutation

rejoin

response

slogan

steer

suggestion

tail

tip-off

watchword

wind

give a signal

cueing

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