dequeue

Short for double-ended queue.

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophone: deck

dequeue (plural dequeues)

1. Alternative spelling of deque.

From de- +‎ queue.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiːˈkjuː/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: DQ

dequeue (third-person singular simple present dequeues, present participle dequeuing or dequeueing, simple past and past participle dequeued)

1. (transitive, computing) to remove an item from a queue

• enqueue