waiting queue

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• queue — 1. noun /kjuː/ a) An animals tail. HESSE: Az., a lion, queue fourchée, rampt., barry of ten, arg. and gu., crowned, or, and holding in his dexter paw a sword, ppr., hilt and pommel, gold. b) A mens hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or… …   Wiktionary

• Queue area — Queue areas are places in which people in line (first come, first served) wait for goods or services. Examples include the DMV, checking out groceries or other goods that have been collected in a self service shop, in a shop without self service …   Wikipedia

• Queue — can mean: * Queue area, where a line of people wait. The verb queue means to form a line, and to wait for services. Queue is also the name of this line * Queueing theory, the study of waiting lines * Queue (data structure), in computing, a type… …   Wikipedia

• queue-jump — queueˈ jump intransitive verb and transitive verb • • • Main Entry: ↑queue * * * queue jump verb [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they queue jump he/she/it queue jumps …   Useful english dictionary

• queue — [kyo͞o] n. [Fr < OFr coue < L coda, var. of cauda, tail] 1. a plait of hair worn hanging from the back of the head; pigtail 2. [Chiefly Brit.] a line or file of persons, vehicles, etc. waiting as to be served 3. a stored arrangement of… …   English World dictionary

• queue jumping — Someone who goes to the front of a queue instead of waiting is jumping the queue …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• queue-jumping — queueˈ jumping noun Going ahead of one s turn in a queue, waiting list, etc (lit and figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑queue …   Useful english dictionary

• queue´-jump´er — queue jump «KYOO JUHMP», intransitive verb. British. to go out of turn; go ahead of those who have been waiting: »To acknowledge that patients can queue jump on any grounds other than medical is to open an enormous moral fester (Linda Blandford) …   Useful english dictionary

• Queue — Queue, n. [F. See {Cue}.] (a) A tail like appendage of hair; a pigtail. (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• queue-jumping — queue .jumping n [U] BrE when someone unfairly gets something before other people who have been waiting longer >queue jump v [I] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• queue-jump — queue ,jump verb intransitive BRITISH to move to a position in a line that is ahead of other people who have been waiting longer than you ╾ queue ,jumping noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English