I. ˈkyü noun
Etymology: French, literally, tail, from Old French cue, coe, Latin cauda, coda
Date: 1748
1. : a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head
2. : a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles
3.
a. : a sequence of messages or jobs held in temporary storage awaiting transmission or processing
b. : a data structure that consists of a list of records such that records are added at one end and removed from the other
II. verb
( queued ; queu·ing or queue·ing )
Date: 1777
transitive verb
: to arrange or form in a queue
intransitive verb
: to line up or wait in a queue — often used with up
• queu·er noun