Meaning

5 senses

  1. (US, informal, transitive)To cancel an order for food.

    86 the ham and eggs for table two!

  2. (US, informal, transitive)To temporarily remove an item from the menu.

    86 the lobster bisque – we won’t have the lobster delivery until tomorrow.

  3. (US, informal, transitive)To throw out; to discard.

    We finally had to 86 that old printer after it jammed one too many times.

  4. (US, informal, transitive)To deny service to.

    The restaurant 86ed us because we didn't fit the dress code.

  5. (US, informal, transitive)To kill.

    He stole from me and snitched on me, so I 86ed him.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Uncertain but most probably from soda jerk slang from the 1920s for 'all out', referring t

Uncertain but most probably from soda jerk slang from the 1920s for 'all out', referring to an item on the menu not being available.

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Forms

86s, 86ing, 86ed, 86ed
Base form86 · to 86
3rd person singular86s
Present participle86ing
Past simple86ed
Past participle86ed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they86
he, she, it86s

Past simpleLesson

all persons86ed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave 86ed
he, she, ithas 86ed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill 86

Synonyms

2 synonyms
ixnaynix

Word family

2 related words
Relateddeep sixeighty-six

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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