Definitions
form a queue, form a line, stand in line
Word origin
From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.
Used in a sentence
“I was absent-minded at the moment and was last in the queue.”
“2005, David Flanagan, Java in a Nutshell, p. 234, Queue implementations are commonly based on insertion order as in first-in, first-out (FIFO) queues or last-in, first-out queues (LIFO queues are also known as stacks).”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Line of people”5 letters
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