cue vs verb

cue

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

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

  • A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording. 

  • 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. 

  • The name of the Latin-script letter Q. 

  • A hint or intimation. 

verb
  • To spark or provoke. 

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

  • To give someone a cue signal. 

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

verb

noun
  • A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. 

  • A named command that performs a specific operation on an object. 

  • An action as opposed to a trait or thing. 

verb
  • To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb. 

  • To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. 

How often have the words cue and verb occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )