Definitions

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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We're shown the cue card hub backstage, which has been set up by Wally Feresten, a legend in the business who has worked on SNL for more than 30 years.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“We’ve used that cue card, like, 15 times.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 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

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

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