cue card

NOUN

card used as performer's prompt

Synonyms

WEAK

flip card idiot card idiot sheet note card teleprompter

Example Sentences

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It was just as well as his last cue card said "She said yes".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Forced to stay, he displayed his typical incompetence, mistakenly reading the entirety of a cue card aloud on the air: "We'll stay on the air until a winner is declared. Take off glasses, look concerned."

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2023

A few hours before the last episode of the season Saturday, the TV show’s Instagram account posted a cue card saying, “we’ll miss you, Cecily.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

Foiled once when Lonnie Walker IV missed a potential game-tying three-point shot with 2.8 seconds left in regulation, Ham circled back with another choice that probably wouldn’t have been on his cue card.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Ms. Whitlock exclaimed like she was reading it off a cue card.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds