queue

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 (BrE) (AmE line) a line of people, cars, etc. waiting for sth or to do sth: the bus queue * I had to join a queue for the toilets. * How long were you in the queue? * There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right. 2 (computing) a list of items of data stored in a particular order IDIOMS see JUMPv. verb (queuing or queueing) 1 [V] (BrE) ~ (up) (for sth) to wait in a line of people, vehicles, etc. in order to do sth, get sth or go somewhere: We had to queue up for an hour for the tickets. * Queue here for taxis. 2 (computing) to add tasks to other tasks so that they are ready to be done in order; to come together to be done in order: [VN] The system queues the jobs before they are processed. [also V] PHRASALVERBS be queuing up (for sth / to do sth) if people are said to be queuing up for sth or to do sth, a lot of them want to have it or do it: Italian football clubs are queuing up to sign the young star.