EIGHTY-SIX


Meaning of EIGHTY-SIX in English

I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

: being one more than 85 in number

eighty-six years

— see number table

II. pronoun, plural in construction

: 86 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated

eighty-six are here

eighty-six were found

III. noun

1. : six and 80 : 43 times two

2.

a. : 86 units or objects

a total of eighty-six

b. : a group or set of 86

3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 86

4. : the 86th in a set or series

IV. ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ transitive verb

or 86 "

( -ed/-ing/-es )

Etymology: rhyming slang for nix (IV)

slang : to refuse to serve (a customer) ; also : to get rid of : throw out

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.