(~s, ~ing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer’s ~ is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
I had never known him miss a ~.
N-COUNT: oft with poss
2.
If one performer ~s another, they say or do something which is a signal for the second performer to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
He read the scene, with Seaton ~ing him.
VERB: V n
3.
If you say that something that happens is a ~ for an action, you mean that people start doing that action when it happens.
That was the ~ for several months of intense bargaining...
N-COUNT: oft N for n, N to-inf
4.
A ~ is a long, thin wooden stick that is used to hit the ball in games such as snooker, billiards, and pool.
N-COUNT
5.
If you say that something happened on ~ or as if on ~, you mean that it happened just when it was expected to happen, or just at the right time.
Kevin arrived right on ~ to care for Harry...
PHRASE
6.
If you take your ~ from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
Taking his ~ from his companion, he apologized for his earlier display of temper.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR from n