queue

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

queue, n. [F. See Cue.].

 A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.  [1913 Webster]

queue, v. t. 

 To fasten, as hair, in a queue.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

queue, n. & v. esp. Brit.
--n.
1 a line or sequence of persons, vehicles, etc., awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.
2 a pigtail or plait of hair.
--v.intr. (queues, queued, queuing or queueing) (often foll. by up) (of persons etc.) form a queue; take one's place in a queue.

Idiom

queue-jump Brit. push forward out of turn in a queue.

Etymology

F f. L cauda tail

THESAURUS

queue

Indian file, 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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

queue

Sequel

N sequel, suffix, successor, tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear, retinue, suite, appendix, postscript, epilogue, peroration, codicil, continuation, sequela, appendage, tail piece, heelpiece, tag, more last words, colophon, aftercome, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterpiece, aftercourse, afterthought, aftergame, arriere pensee, second thoughts, outgrowth.