eighty-six
eighty-six
Definition
☆ eighty-six (āt′ē siks′)
transitive verb
- to eject from, or refuse to serve at, a place where alcoholic drinks are sold, as because of drunkenness
- to cut off, eject, eliminate, kill, etc.
eighty-six
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- year: Virtually all of the work included here was written within a single decade of Roberts's eighty-six year long life.
- percent: Eighty-six percent of the world population has an ecological footprint smaller than 5.45 hectares.
- foot: It is built with stone, is embattled, and rises to the height of eighty-six feet.
- woman: No fewer than eighty-six women were employed at the time.
Preposition: per
- cent: Eighty-six per cent concerned medication, but not one of those trials asked people whether they felt better.
Browse dictionary entries near eighty-six
- eighty
- eightvo
- eightieth
- eighth note
- eighth
- eightfold
- eighteenth
- eighteenmo
- eighteen-wheeler
- eighteen
