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cue up

cue up verb: to take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc. Also the misspelling of queue up.

Verb

cue up (third-person singular simple present cues up, present participle cuing up or cueing up, simple past and past participle cued up)

  1. To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.
  2. (idiomatic) To set up people or things so as to be ready for their cues (such as backstage).
  3. (transitive) To set up a recording to start at the correct time.

Also used as

cue up is also the misspelling of queue up.

Forms of cue up

third-person singular presentcues up
present participlecuing up
present participlecueing up
past participlecued up
pastcued up

Questions about cue up

What does cue up mean?
Cue up means to take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.
What part of speech is cue up?
Cue up is a verb.
What is the past tense of cue up?
The past tense of cue up is cued up.

Words near cue up in the dictionary

  1. cue off
  2. cue sheet
  3. cue sheets
  4. cue sport
  5. cue sports
  6. cue up
  7. cue-to-cue
  8. cueable
  9. cueball
  10. cueballs
  11. cuebid

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