a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
2.
the persons or things themselves.
3.
(in police investigations) a group of persons, including suspects in a crime, lined up to allow inspection and possible identification by the victim or victims of that crime.
4.
Sports. the list of the participating players in a game together with their positions: to announce the starting lineup of a game.
5.
an organization of people, companies, etc., for some common purpose: a lineup of support for the new tax bill.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
n. a row of suspects arranged at a police station so that a witness can identify one of them. (Underworld.) : When they round up all the likely suspects and put them in the lineup, they always stick in a desk sergeant to spy on the rest.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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