Definition of a queue

queue

noun

• a line of people waiting to receive some service.
  
  While this is common terminology in the UK, it may be considered slang in the United States and elsewhere.
  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 26 2010.

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queue up	Definitions include: to form a line of people, while waiting to receive some service.

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