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Definition of Queue
1. Noun. A line of people or vehicles waiting for something.
Exact synonyms: Waiting Line
Generic synonyms: Line
Specialized synonyms: Bread Line, Breadline, Checkout Line, Chow Line, Gas Line, Reception Line, Ticket Line, Unemployment Line
Generic synonyms: Line
Specialized synonyms: Bread Line, Breadline, Checkout Line, Chow Line, Gas Line, Reception Line, Ticket Line, Unemployment Line
2. Verb. Form a queue, form a line, stand in line. "Customers lined up in front of the store"
Exact synonyms: Line Up, Queue Up
Generic synonyms: Stand, Stand Up
Entails: Wait
Derivative terms: Lineup
Generic synonyms: Stand, Stand Up
Entails: Wait
Derivative terms: Lineup
3. Noun. (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted.
Category relationships: Informatics, Information Processing, Information Science, Ip
Generic synonyms: List, Listing
Specialized synonyms: Push-down Queue
Generic synonyms: List, Listing
Specialized synonyms: Push-down Queue
4. Noun. A braid of hair at the back of the head.
Definition of Queue
1. n. A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.
2. v. t. To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
Definition of Queue
1. to line up [v QUEUED, QUEUING or QUEUEING, QUEUES]