1. dequeue - Noun
2. dequeue - Verb
dequeue (plural dequeues)
Alternative spelling of deque
dequeue (third-person singular simple present dequeues, present participle dequeuing or dequeueing, simple past and past participle dequeued)
(transitive, computing) to remove an item from a queue
For example, Perl and Ruby allow pushing and popping an array from both ends, so one can use push and shift functions to enqueue and dequeue a list (or, in reverse, one can use unshift and pop), although in some cases these operations are not efficient. Source: Internet
Operations The basic operations on a deque are enqueue and dequeue on either end. Source: Internet
Naming conventions Deque is sometimes written dequeue, but this use is generally deprecated in technical literature or technical writing because dequeue is also a verb meaning "to remove from a queue". Source: Internet