cue

1. (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.

2. (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.

1. (by extension) To spark or provoke.Examples: "These techniques can cue an open dialogue with your interviewer."; "The teenager, as beloved a full-back as any in these parts since Danny McGrain was tearing it up, cut in, shot and saw his attempt deflected in off Sterling's boot. Cue more pandemonium."

1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

2. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.Examples: "Fat, short, radiant, General Chattesworth—in full, artillery uniform—was there, smiling, and making little speeches to the ladies, and bowing stiffly from his hips upward—his great cue playing all the time up and down his back, and sometimes so near the ground when he stood erect and threw back his head, that Toole, seeing Juno eyeing the appendage rather viciously, thought it prudent to cut her speculations short with a smart kick."

1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.

1. (law) Acronym of clear and unmistakable error, a legal standard for appeal of a decision by a Board of Veterans Appeals in the United States.