queue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
    waiting line.
  2. noun (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
  3. noun a braid of hair at the back of the head
  4. verb form a queue, form a line, stand in line
    line up; queue up.
    • Customers lined up in front of the store

WordNet

Queue noun
Etymology
F. See Cue.
Definitions
  1. A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.
  2. A line of persons waiting anywhere.
Queue transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To fasten, as hair, in a queue.

Webster 1913