dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cue_MW.json
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{
"cue":{
"antonyms":[
"column",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"string",
"train"
],
"definitions":{
": a feature indicating the nature of something perceived":[
"The expressions on people's faces give us visual cues about their feelings."
],
": a leather-tipped tapering rod for striking the cue ball (as in billiards and pool)":[],
": a long-handled instrument with a concave head for shoving disks in shuffleboard":[],
": a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action":[
"That last line is your cue to exit the stage."
],
": mood , humor":[],
": queue":[],
": queue sense 2":[],
": something serving a comparable purpose : hint":[
"I'll take that yawn as my cue to leave."
],
": the letter q":[],
": the part one has to perform in or as if in a play":[],
": to give a cue to : prompt":[
"cued the band to begin"
],
": to insert into a continuous performance":[
"cue in sound effects"
],
": to strike with a cue":[],
": to use a cue":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1784, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French queue , literally, tail, from Old French cue, coe, queue , from Latin cauda":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English cu half a farthing (spelled form of q , abbreviation for Latin quadrans quarter of an as)":"Noun",
"probably from qu , abbreviation (used as a direction in actors' copies of plays) of Latin quando when":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ky\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"clue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead",
"suggestion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101956",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cue ball":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the ball a player strikes with the cue in billiards and pool":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Without sweat to help his grip, Scherzer said the baseball felt like a cue ball in his hand. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"And what about the initial velocity of the cue ball ? \u2014 Rhett Allain, Wired , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Inside the car\u2019s purposeful cockpit is a manual stick shift, topped with a traditional black cue ball on a chrome shaft, diligently clunked through a heavy slotted five-speed gate with Reverse located at the top left. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Their mother swooped in, her white head glistening in the late afternoon sunshine like a cue ball under bar lights. \u2014 Sebastian Modak, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 July 2020",
"Even better, the Mach 1's shift knob is the same retro white cue ball as the Bullitt. \u2014 Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver , 16 June 2020",
"The pool game ended, the players left, and the cue ball took its place behind the bar. \u2014 John Branch, New York Times , 14 Mar. 2020",
"Powerful cosmic rays splinter the grains\u2019 particles, sending pieces flying in all directions like a cue ball breaking a rack in billiards. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Popular Science , 14 Jan. 2020",
"These are played on a pocketless table with three balls \u2014 two cue balls and one object ball. \u2014 John Torsiello, courant.com , 13 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233735"
},
"cue bid":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a bid in contract bridge in a suit previously bid by an opponent made with the purpose of showing an ace or a void in that suit":[],
": a bid in contract bridge showing the ace or less often a void or a king in the suit":[],
": to make a cue bid":[],
": to indicate possession of (an ace, void, or king) by bidding the suit":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cue entry 2":"Noun",
"cue bid":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023830"
},
"cue card":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large card that can be seen by someone (such as an actor) who is performing or speaking on a stage or on television and that shows the words that the person is supposed to say":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224345"
},
"cueca":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a South American especially Chilean courtship dance":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kw\u0101k\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, short for zamacueca":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232919"
},
"cue-bid":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a bid in contract bridge in a suit previously bid by an opponent made with the purpose of showing an ace or a void in that suit":[],
": a bid in contract bridge showing the ace or less often a void or a king in the suit":[],
": to make a cue bid":[],
": to indicate possession of (an ace, void, or king) by bidding the suit":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cue entry 2":"Noun",
"cue bid":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235849"
},
"cued speech":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a form of communication for the deaf in which lipreading is enhanced by hand signals that distinguish between similar lip movements":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000447"
},
"cueist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": billiardist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ky\u00fc\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cue entry 4 + -ist":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001107"
},
"cueman":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":{
": one who uses a cue : a billiard player":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ky\u00fcm\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cue entry 4 + man":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001142"
},
"Cueva":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Cunan people of Panama":[],
": a member of such people":[],
": a Chibchan language of the Cueva people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kw\u0101v\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022045"
},
"cuesta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hill or ridge with a steep face on one side and a gentle slope on the other":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kwe-st\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Latin costa side, rib \u2014 more at coast":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1818, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-092055"
},
"cue sheet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a detailed outline of a television or radio program giving cues and timing for each item":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cue entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-034024"
},
"Cuernavaca":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in south central Mexico south of Mexico City; capital of the state of Morelos population 365,168":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckwer-n\u00e4-\u02c8v\u00e4-k\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035209"
},
"cuerda seca":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a technique used to simulate mosaic and cloisonn\u00e9 enamel effects in colored ceramic tiles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sek\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, literally, dry cord":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035509"
},
"cuerda":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Puerto Rican unit of land measure equal to 0.97 acre":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kwerd\u0259",
"-rt\u035fh\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, from Spanish, cord, rope, from Latin chorda catgut, chord, cord":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041129"
},
"Cuenca":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in southern Ecuador population 329,928":[],
"province of east central Spain area 6587 square miles (17,060 square kilometers), population 215,165":[],
"commune east-southeast of Madrid, Spain population 56,472":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kwe\u014b-k\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041525"
}
}