Definition of "cue" []

• Games A long tapered rod with a leather tip used to strike the cue ball in billiards and pool. (noun)
• Games A long stick with a concave attachment at one end for shoving disks in shuffleboard. (noun)
• A queue of hair. (noun)
• A line of waiting people or vehicles; a queue. (noun)
• Games To strike with a cue. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "ANGRY BROOMSTICK yeah the title cue is amazing and dark, but that's the whole point of the story."
• "Keep workin 'those scales, baby; your cue is about to be called."
• "The entire scheme is covered with a plush green roof that takes its cue from the surrounding countryside."