Que

Pronunciation

• "cue", "barbecue" senses IPA: /kjuː/
• "cue", "barbecue" senses
• "cue", "barbecue" senses Rhymes: -uː
• "cue", "barbecue" senses Homophones: cue, Q, queue

Full definition of que

Noun

1. (obsolete) A former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; (by extension) a farthing; a small amount of money.
• 1594, John Lyly, Mother Bombie:Rather praie there bee no fall of monie, for thou wilt then go for a que.
• 1887, William Dunn Macray, editor, The Pilgrimage to Parnassus: With the Two Parts of The Return from Parnassus..., Glossary, page 160:Qu or Que, a farthing; a farthing's-worth, 39.434; 139. 1838
2. Misspelling of cue
• 1974, Genuine Indian Relic Society, The Redskin, The pipe (which had been given a liberal coat of varnish) was broken years before by Mr. Swisher's brother, who pushed it from a high shelf with a pool que, thinking (or not thinking at all!) he could or would catch it, he didn't.
• 1998, US Department of Defense, U.S. Navy Underwater Cutting & Welding Manual, Hold the electrode with the free hand as if holding a pool que, approximately 4 inches from the tip for a more stable cut.
• 2012, MW Fletcher, Project Reaper: A Max Storm novel, Andrews UK Limited (ISBN 9781782343004)Max had a snooker-que in his right hand and was using it to point to detail on the diagram.
3. (dialect) cow (Halliwell)
• 1889-1904, The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language,William Dwight Whitney (editor),pub.The Century Company,p.4902
4. (US, informal, rare) Short for barbeque
• 2009 December 25, Nick Cramer, in My "homemade" Italian meatball recipe - for Nick and Meir, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated

• Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que, pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice ...
• 2010 September 22, Nanzi (username), in Re: Yoy guys are killing this group, in alt.food.barbecue

• Instead please join in the sharing of que methods and recipes, or questions.
• 2011, Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones: A Novel (ISBN 145164194X), page 57The back route I favor involves a long stretch on Highway 74 and brings me close enough to Lumberton for a barbeque detour. That was my target today. Being already in Lumberton, it only made sense to score some “que.”----