I. ˈkyü noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, from Old French coe, coue — more at coward
1. : a taillike braid of natural or artificial hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head and sometimes as part of a wig or as an addition to a hat
2. : a line especially of persons or vehicles
most of us in the customs queue — Nancy Debenham
pedicabs wait for custom … in great dead queues — G.S.Gale
gave up places in the production queue — Sperryscope
3. : a metal piece attached to the side of the breastplate of a suit of armor and used as a rest for the butt of a lance
4. : the tailpiece of a violin or other stringed instrument
5. : the tail of a musical note
II. verb
( queued ; queued ; queuing or queueing ; queues )
transitive verb
: to arrange or form in a queue
intransitive verb
: to line up or wait in a queue
the everlasting queuing for whatever food was available — J.G.Winant
the salmon queues to jump the weir — Edward Hyams
— often used with up
you had to queue up at the bus stop — Joseph Wechsberg
III. noun
1. : a sequence of messages or jobs held in auxiliary storage awaiting transmission or processing
2. : a data structure that consists of a list of records which is added to at one end and removed from at the other
IV. transitive verb
: to send to or place in a queue