EJECT, EJECTED, EJECTION, EJECTMENT
ADJECTIVES
1919 ► OUT ON ONE’S EAR discharged, ejected or dismissed ignominiously → Amer. sl.
1965 ► OUT ON ONE’S ARSE ejected, evicted, expelled → UK sl.
NOUNS
1863 ► EJECTAMENTA substances ejected by eruptive forces
1899 ► PEACE-WARNING a notice of ejectment → Sc.
1910 ► THE BUM’S RUSH first applied to forcibly ejecting someone from a place, and hence more generally to dismissing someone → sl., orig. US
NOUNS, PERSON
1535 ► QUONDAM the former holder of some office or position; one who has been deposed or ejected → obs.
VERBS
– BELCH † to eject, to throw out …1668
– BOOT (OUT) to eject a person …1880
– CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment …1905 Amer. sl.
– EIGHTY-SIX to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon …1958 US sl.
– EJACULATE † to throw out suddenly and swiftly, to eject …1613
– FIND COLD WEATHER to be ejected …1909 public houses’ sl.
– FIRE OUT to eject, to kick out, to expel or order from a classroom …1885 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE THE BUM’S RUSH to eject or dismiss forcibly; to snub …1926 Amer. dial.
– LUMBER OUT to throw out, to eject …20C Aust. sl.
– OBTRUDE to thrust forth; to eject, to push out …1613
– OOSH to remove; to send away; to eject …1960s sl.
– PEACE-WARN to serve a notice of ejectment …1899 Sc.
– SEND TO THE SHOWERS to send off or eject someone from a match, race, or contest; to reject, overcome, or defeat decisively …1913 colloq.
– SPEAR to eject someone from a shop, pub, etc. …1975 Aust. sl.
– SUBROGATE † to elect or appoint in the place of another; to substitute in an office …1538
– SUBROGE †* to elect or appoint in the place of another; to substitute in an office …1600
– VENT 1. † to discharge, eject, cast, or pour out (liquid, smoke, etc.); to carry off or away; to drain in this way …1587
2. † to eject or expel people out of a country…1609
– WALK to banish, to eject from a place …1940s US tramps’ sl.