eighty-six

verb

ˌā-tē-ˈsiks How to pronounce eighty-six (audio)

variants or 86

eighty-sixed or 86'd; eighty-sixing or 86ing; eighty-sixes or 86es

transitive verb

informal

: to refuse to serve (a customer)

"Beer here, barkeep," he said. "You're eighty-sixed," Lucy said. "Cut off. No more for you."

Mary Karr

: to eject or ban (a customer)

The club's bouncers eighty-sixed her.

I nodded at the corner bar beside us. He said, "I can't go in there." "Why?" "I'm eighty-sixed."

Andre Dubus

broadly : to eject, dismiss, or remove (someone)

He was eighty-sixed from Twitter following outrage from other users …

Jason Wilson

The prof and his lovely wife … are ghosts, having recently been eighty-sixed from this world when their car was hit by a falling rock.

John Stark

But [Jim] Boylen is yesterday's news now, kicked to the curb, eighty-sixed by the Bulls on Friday …

Steve Greenberg

informal

: to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers

Many small restaurants or bars may run into issues with their inventory. When there are not enough ingredients left to make a popular dish or drink, they'll have to 86 it. This prevents customers from ordering it and then getting upset.

Joshua Weatherwax

: to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)

Democratic leaders also eighty-sixed a similar amendment introduced in the House version of the bill …

Dell Cameron

Sadly, … the heartless bottom-liners on the food committee eighty-sixed the black raspberry [ice cream] for good.

Greg Kesich

So after attempting a Zoom interview that had them sounding as garbled as the off-camera adults in a "Peanuts" special, we eighty-sixed the audio on our computers and talked on the phone …

Brian O'Neill

Did you know?

If you work in a restaurant or bar, you might eighty-six (or "eliminate") a menu item when you run out of it, or you might eighty-six (or "cut off") a customer who should no longer be served. Eighty-six is still used in this specific context, but it has also entered the general language. These days, you don't have to be a worker in a restaurant or bar to eighty-six something—you just have to be someone with something to get rid of or discard. There are many popular but unsubstantiated theories about the origin of eighty-six. The explanation judged most probable by Merriam-Webster etymologists is that the word was created as a rhyming slang word for nix, which means "to veto" or "to reject."

eighty-sixed

verb

variants or 86'd

past tense of eighty-six

as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood

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单词	eighty-sixed
释义	eighty-six verb ˌā-tē-ˈsiks variants or 86 eighty-sixed or 86'd; eighty-sixing or 86ing; eighty-sixes or 86es transitive verb 1 informal a : to refuse to serve (a customer) "Beer here, barkeep," he said. "You're eighty-sixed," Lucy said. "Cut off. No more for you." Mary Karr b : to eject or ban (a customer) The club's bouncers eighty-sixed her. I nodded at the corner bar beside us. He said, "I can't go in there." "Why?" "I'm eighty-sixed." Andre Dubus broadly : to eject, dismiss, or remove (someone) He was eighty-sixed from Twitter following outrage from other users … Jason Wilson The prof and his lovely wife … are ghosts, having recently been eighty-sixed from this world when their car was hit by a falling rock. John Stark But [Jim] Boylen is yesterday's news now, kicked to the curb, eighty-sixed by the Bulls on Friday … Steve Greenberg 2 informal a : to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers Many small restaurants or bars may run into issues with their inventory. When there are not enough ingredients left to make a popular dish or drink, they'll have to 86 it. This prevents customers from ordering it and then getting upset. Joshua Weatherwax b : to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something) Democratic leaders also eighty-sixed a similar amendment introduced in the House version of the bill … Dell Cameron Sadly, … the heartless bottom-liners on the food committee eighty-sixed the black raspberry [ice cream] for good. Greg Kesich So after attempting a Zoom interview that had them sounding as garbled as the off-camera adults in a "Peanuts" special, we eighty-sixed the audio on our computers and talked on the phone … Brian O'Neill Did you know? If you work in a restaurant or bar, you might eighty-six (or "eliminate") a menu item when you run out of it, or you might eighty-six (or "cut off") a customer who should no longer be served. Eighty-six is still used in this specific context, but it has also entered the general language. These days, you don't have to be a worker in a restaurant or bar to eighty-six something—you just have to be someone with something to get rid of or discard. There are many popular but unsubstantiated theories about the origin of eighty-six. The explanation judged most probable by Merriam-Webster etymologists is that the word was created as a rhyming slang word for nix, which means "to veto" or "to reject." Synonyms cashier cast (off) chuck deep-six discard ditch dump exorcise exorcize fling (off or away) jettison junk lay by lose pitch reject scrap shed shuck (off) slough (off) sluff (off) throw away throw out toss unload See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology probably rhyming slang for nix entry 1 First Known Use 1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2b eighty-sixed verb variants or 86'd past tense of eighty-six as in discarded to get rid of as useless or unwanted decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance discarded lost ditched scrapped rejected dumped abandoned abdicated junked jettisoned deep-sixed cashiered exorcised shed tossed chucked unloaded exorcized disposed of removed dismissed set aside laid by pitched threw away sluffed (off) shucked (off) abolished cast (off) forsook threw out deserted sloughed (off) flung (off or away) eliminated eradicated expunged kicked out annihilated extirpated extinguished exterminated wiped out liquidated stamped (out) rooted (out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms adopted used employed embraced utilized retained kept held took on held back See More
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eighty-six

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