[count] 1 chiefly Brit : a line of people who are waiting for something
▪ The people formed a queue [=(US) line] at the ticket window. ▪ We were forced to stand/wait in a queue. ▪ a bus/taxi queue 2 computers : a series of instructions that are stored in a computer so that they can be processed later
▪ Three jobs remain in the printer queue.
▪ The people formed a queue [=(US) line] at the ticket window. ▪ We were forced to stand/wait in a queue. ▪ a bus/taxi queue
▪ Three jobs remain in the printer queue.
jump the queue
Brit : to go ahead of the other people in a queue : to go to the front of a queue instead of waiting
▪ He tried to jump the queue but they wouldn't let him. — see also queue-jumping
▪ He tried to jump the queue but they wouldn't let him. — see also queue-jumping







