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queue

Definition

  • noun: a line of people who are waiting for something
  • noun: a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head
  • verb: to form or wait in a line
  • verb: to arrange or form in a queue
  • often + 'up'
  • synonyms: pigtail, line, line up

Examples

  • Police say that the fight broke out over 'queue-jumping'. [=('US') 'cutting in line']

  • Hundreds of people 'queued' [=('US') 'lined up'] for a chance to meet him.

  • The people formed a 'queue' [=('US') 'line'] at the ticket window.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Wait here! (THUNDER CLAPPING) SHMUEL: Come on! SOLDIER : Move! Move! (PRISONERS GRUNTING) Join the queue! SOLDIER : Come on, you! Bruno! Move it! Go on. Bruno! (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas