Betydelse av cue på svenska

• 0 a word or action in a play or film that is used as a signal by a performer to begin saying or doing something

  • [ + to infinitive ] They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.

  • I was just wondering where Sarah was, when, right on cue, she came in.

  • She watched his lips carefully and took her cue from him.

• 1 a long, thin wooden pole with a small piece of leather at one end, used for hitting the ball in games such as billiards or snooker

• 2 to give someone a signal to do something:

  • With a nod of his head, the drummer cued the lead singer in.

• 3 a signal for someone to do or say something, esp. in a play or movie:

  • She waited for her cue – the ring of the telephone – to come on stage.

  • Being passed over for promotion twice was his cue to start looking for another job.

• 4 in the game of pool, a long, round, wooden stick held at one end and used to hit a white ball and move it against another or other balls to roll them into holes around the edge of a table covered with cloth