Cue vs. Queue
Cuenoun
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
Cuenoun
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
Cuenoun
A hint or intimation.
Cuenoun
(obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
Cuenoun
A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for en quadrans farthing) in the buttery books.
Cuenoun
A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
Cuenoun
(obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
Cueverb
To give someone a cue signal.
Cueverb
To spark or provoke
Cueverb
To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
Cueverb
To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Cuenoun
The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
Cuenoun
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
Cuenoun
A hint or intimation.
Cuenoun
The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
Cuenoun
Humor; temper of mind.
Cuenoun
A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
Cuenoun
A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.
Cueverb
To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Cuenoun
an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
Cuenoun
evidence that helps to solve a problem
Cuenoun
a stimulus that provides information about what to do
Cuenoun
sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
Cueverb
assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
Queuenoun
(heraldry) An animal's tail.
Queuenoun
A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.
Queuenoun
A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
Queuenoun
A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
Queuenoun
(computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
Queueverb
To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
Queueverb
To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
Queueverb
(computing) To add to a queue data structure.
Queueverb
To fasten the hair into a queue.
Queuenoun
A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.
Queueverb
To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
Queuenoun
a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
Queuenoun
(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
Queuenoun
a braid of hair at the back of the head
Queueverb
form a queue, form a line, stand in line;
Queuenoun
a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.
Queuenoun
a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.
Queuenoun
a plait of hair worn at the back.
Queueverb
take one's place in a queue
Queueverb
be extremely keen to do or have something
Queueverb
arrange in a queue
