queue

Speech parts

1. queue - Noun

2. queue - Verb

Meaning

A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

A line of persons waiting anywhere.

To fasten, as hair, in a queue.

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Examples

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. George Mikes

A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitude of these waves is inversely related to the speed at which the queue is served. Anthony Stafford Beer

If love were a product, the queue at the faulty goods desk would stretch right round the universe and back. It doesn't work properly. The seams come apart and it's full of powdered glass. Charlie Brooker

I find that I have about six bloggable ideas a day. I also find that writing twice as long a post doesn't increase communication, it usually decreases it. And finally, I found that people get antsy if there are unread posts in their queue. Seth Godin

Once while waiting at Auckland airport, Lange insisted on buying himself a newspaper and joined a queue at a newsstand. The woman in front of him turned around and said, "Good God!" Lange replied affably, "No madam, you are mistaken. I have never made that claim." David Lange

There is no queue at the gate of Patience. Moroccan Proverb

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