n. & v. esp. Brit.
n. 1 a line or sequence of persons, vehicles, etc., awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. 2 a pigtail or plait of hair.
v.intr. (queues, queued, queuing or queueing) (often foll. by up) (of persons etc.) form a queue; take one's place in a queue. queue-jump Brit. push forward out of turn in a queue.
[ F f. L cauda tail ]