'Queue' definitions:
Definition of 'queue'
(from WordNet)
noun
A line of people or vehicles waiting for something [syn: queue, waiting line]
noun
(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
noun
A braid of hair at the back of the head
verb
Definition of 'Queue'
From: GCIDE
- Queue \Queue\, n. [F. See Cue.] (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail. (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Queue'
From: GCIDE
- Queue \Queue\, v. t. To fasten, as hair, in a queue. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'queue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterpart,
- afterpiece,
- array,
- articulation,
- bank,
- braid,
- brush,
- bun,
- buzz,
- catena,
- catenation,
- cauda,
- caudal appendage,
- caudation,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- chignon,
- coil,
- column,
- concatenation,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continuum,
- cordon,
- cortege,
- course,
- crocodile,
- cue,
- cycle,
- descent,
- dock,
- drone,
- echelon,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- fall in,
- fall into line,
- fall into rank,
- fantail,
- file,
- filiation,
- form a line,
- gamut,
- get in formation,
- get in line,
- gradation,
- hum,
- Indian file,
- knot,
- line,
- line up,
- lineage,
- monotone,
- nexus,
- order,
- pendulum,
- periodicity,
- picket,
- pigtail,
- plait,
- plenum,
- powder train,
- procession,
- progression,
- queue up,
- range,
- rank,
- rattail,
- recurrence,
- reticulation,
- retinue,
- rotation,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- run,
- scale,
- sequence,
- series,
- single file,
- spectrum,
- string,
- stub,
- succession,
- swath,
- tab,
- tag,
- tail,
- tailback,
- tailpiece,
- take rank,
- thread,
- tier,
- topknot,
- trail,
- trailer,
- train,
- twist,
- wake,
- windrow