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1 N‑COUNT A cuckold is a man whose wife is having an affair with another man. [LITERARY ]

2 VERB If a married woman is having an affair, she and her lover are cuckolding her husband. [LITERARY ] □ [V n] His wife had cuckolded him.

cuckoo /kʊ kuː/ (cuckoos ) N‑COUNT A cuckoo is a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

cu ckoo clock (cuckoo clocks ) N‑COUNT A cuckoo clock is a clock with a door from which a toy cuckoo comes out and makes noises like a cuckoo every hour or half hour.

cu|cum|ber /kjuː kʌmbə ^r / (cucumbers )

1 N‑VAR A cucumber is a long thin vegetable with a hard green skin and wet transparent flesh. It is eaten raw in salads.

2 PHRASE If you say that someone is as cool as a cucumber , you are emphasizing that they are very calm and relaxed, especially when you would not expect them to be. [EMPHASIS ] □  You can hardly be held responsible for Darrow waltzing in, cool as a cucumber, and demanding thousands of pounds.

cud /kʌ d/ PHRASE When animals such as cows or sheep chew the cud , they slowly chew their partly-digested food over and over again in their mouth before finally swallowing it.

cud|dle /kʌ d ^ə l/ (cuddles , cuddling , cuddled ) VERB If you cuddle someone, you put your arms round them and hold them close as a way of showing your affection. □ [V n] He cuddled the newborn girl. □ [V ] They used to kiss and cuddle in front of everyone. ● N‑COUNT Cuddle is also a noun. □  Give her a cuddle.

cud|dly /kʌ d ^ə li/ (cuddlier , cuddliest )

1 ADJ A cuddly person or animal makes you want to cuddle them. [APPROVAL ] □  He is a small, cuddly man with spectacles.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Cuddly toys are soft toys that look like animals.

cudg|el /kʌ dʒ ^ə l/ (cudgels )

1 N‑COUNT A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.

2 PHRASE If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them. □ [+ for/against ] The trade unions took up the cudgels for the 367 staff made redundant.

cue ◆◇◇ /kjuː / (cues , cueing , cued )

1 N‑COUNT [oft with poss] In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue 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 cue.

2 VERB If one performer cues another, they say or do something which is a signal for the second performer to begin speaking, playing, or doing something. □ [V n] He read the scene, with Seaton cueing him.

3 N‑COUNT [N to-inf] If you say that something that happens is a cue for an action, you mean that people start doing that action when it happens. □ [+ for ] That was the cue for several months of intense bargaining.

4 N‑COUNT A cue is a long, thin wooden stick that is used to hit the ball in games such as snooker, billiards, and pool.

5 PHRASE If you say that something happened on cue or as if on cue , you mean that it happened just when it was expected to happen, or just at the right time. □  Kevin arrived right on cue to care for Harry.

6 PHRASE If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation. □ [+ from ] Taking his cue from his companion, he apologized for his earlier display of temper. COLLOCATIONS cue NOUN 1

verb + cue : take; miss; provide

cuff /kʌ f/ (cuffs , cuffing , cuffed )

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The cuffs of a shirt or dress are the parts at the ends of the sleeves, which are thicker than the rest of the sleeve. □  …a pale blue shirt with white collar and cuffs.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The cuffs on a pair of pants or trousers are the parts at the ends of the legs, which are folded up. [AM ] □ [+ of ] …the cuffs of his jeans. in BRIT, use turn-up 3 VERB If the police cuff someone, they put handcuffs on them. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n] She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.