Cue vs. Queue

Cue (noun)

An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.

Cue (noun)

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.

Cue (noun)

A hint or intimation.

Cue (noun)

Humour; temper of mind.

Cue (noun)

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.

Cue (noun)

A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

Cue (noun)

The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

Cue (verb)

To give someone a cue signal.

“Cue the cameraman, and action!”

Cue (verb)

To spark or provoke

Cue (verb)

To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.

Cue (verb)

To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Queue (noun)

An animal’s tail. from 16th c.

Queue (noun)

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. from 18th c.

Queue (noun)

A dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). from 19th c.

Queue (noun)

A organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.

Queue (noun)

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. from 20th c.

Queue (verb)

To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.

Queue (verb)

To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.

Queue (verb)

To add to a queue data structure.

Queue (verb)

To fasten the hair into a queue.