queue up

verb

To queue (form a line while waiting).

Meanings

verbqueue up (third-person singular simple present queues up, present participle queueing up or queuing up, simple past and past participle queued up)

present singular third person queues up · participle present queueing up · participle present queuing up · participle past queued up · past queued up

  1. UKintransitiveTo queue (form a line while waiting).

    Synonyms: line up

  2. informaltransitivecomputingTo enqueue (something): to add (it) to a queue.
  3. misspellingMisspelling of cue up.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo queue (form a line while waiting).

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

verbform a queue, form a line, stand in line

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 排隊 /排队
  • 排隊 /排队 (páiduì)to form a line while waiting
Danish sætte i kø, stille i kø
  • sætte i køto form a line while waiting
  • stille i køto form a line while waiting
Estonian järjekorda seisma
  • järjekorda seismato form a line while waiting
Finnish lisätä jonoon, asettaa jonoon
  • lisätä jonoonto form a line while waiting
  • asettaa jonoonto form a line while waiting
  • pistää jonoonto form a line while waiting
Japanese 並ぶ
  • 並ぶ (narabu)to form a line while waiting
Korean 줄을 서다
  • 줄을 서다 (jur-eul seoda)to form a line while waiting
Polish ustawiać się w kolejce, ustawić się w kolejce
  • ustawiać się w kolejceto form a line while waiting
  • ustawić się w kolejceto form a line while waiting
Swedish köa
  • köato form a line while waiting
Thai เข้าคิว
  • เข้าคิว (kâo-kiu)to form a line while waiting
Cite this entry
APA

queue up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queue%20up

MLA

“queue up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queue%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queue up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queue%20up.

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