cue
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4.4
- noun
- /kjuː/
:
taco
- He carefully aligned the cue before striking the cue ball.
- cue ball
- cue stick
He's gave him the pool cue and he's done a double take.
- He's gave him the pool cue and he's done a double take.
- Yeah, but wait, Dave, if you're trying to hit the ball, some of what matters is the momentum that the the cue stick has that you're imparting on the ball.
- And we drive to we get in Mark's or to dark Mark's car, and we go to Rambo's house to pick up the pool cues.
Examples
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Somebody hand me a cue.
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As for myself, I know which end of the cue hits the ball and only a little else beside.
Fiction book (1999) -
The ideal break is when you send the cue ball in a Direct Line to the lead ball.
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Tell him to get a pool cue and five bucks and we'll be in business.
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You hit one ball, you're using the stick to hit a ball, the cue ball, that cue ball goes and hits another ball.
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Smecker now stands in front of the table with the cue shining in the background.
Fiction book (1999) -
Gomez grabs the pool cue from Villanazul and lines up with them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Milosz stood with the billiard cue behind his back as if trying to improve his posture.
Fiction book (1995) -
She selected a new cue for her next game at the pool hall.
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The instructor demonstrated how to hold the cue properly for a better shot.
Synonyms
6
3.0
A long thin stick used to hit the small white ball in pool or billiards
1
3.8
A long, thin stick used to hit the white ball in pool and billiards
1
3.2
A long thin wooden tool that you use to hit the white ball in pool or billiards
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The billiards cue comes from the French word queue meaning 'tail' because the long, thin stick looked like a tail, so people began to call the pool or snooker stick a cue.