cue

name

1. A surname.
2. A small town and local government area (the Shire of Cue) in the Mid West region, Western Australia, named after Tom Cue.

noun

Etymology: Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

1. A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
2. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

   “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.”

verb

Etymology: Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

1. To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
2. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.