"86" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌeɪtiˈsɪks/ Audio: en-us-86.ogg [US] Forms: 86s [present, singular, third-person], 86ing [participle, present], 86ed [participle, past], 86ed [past], restaurants [US]
Etymology: Unknown. The OED suggests possible rhyming slang for nix. Other, more elaborate theories include Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City, as item #86 on their menu, their house steak, the famous Delmonico steak, is supposed to have run out often in the 19th century. Another theory is that this term came from the New York speakeasy Chumley’s, which was a hotspot in the 1920s. Chumley’s is hidden inside a West Village building which has two entrances: a well-set-back main entrance on Barrow Street and an obscure back-door exit on 86 Bedford Street. When police were sighted approaching the main entrance, the barkeeps yelled ‘86 it!’ to signal the patrons to hide the liquor and exit quickly through the back door. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|nix}} nix Head templates: {{en-verb}} 86 (third-person singular simple present 86s, present participle 86ing, simple past and past participle 86ed)
  1. (informal, transitive) To cancel an order for food. Tags: US, informal, transitive Translations (cancel an order): schrappen (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-86-en-verb-srAeEkTq Disambiguation of 'cancel an order': 99 0 1 0 0
  2. (informal, transitive) To temporarily remove an item from the menu. Tags: US, informal, transitive Translations (remove an item from the menu): schrappen (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-86-en-verb-lK9tOENX Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of American English: 0 27 29 10 10 24 Disambiguation of 'remove an item from the menu': 1 81 16 2 0
  3. (informal, transitive) To throw out; discard. Tags: US, informal, transitive Translations (throw out): wegdoen (Dutch), kwijtraken (Dutch), välja viskama (Estonian), זרק (zarák) (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-86-en-verb-1BKg-4BQ Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of American English: 0 27 29 10 10 24 Disambiguation of 'throw out': 0 2 97 1 0
  4. (informal, transitive) To deny service to. Tags: US, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-86-en-verb-lfWelVuB
  5. (informal, transitive) To kill. Tags: US, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-86-en-verb-HgcD5W8d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nix, ixnay Related terms: eighty-six

Inflected forms

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