eject
/ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.99 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
American usage; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar."
- "Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent."
- "In one case at least the land on which a station was built seems to have been rented, as it is recorded that in November, 1868, a certain Mr. Rice Thomas threatened to eject the Carnarvonshire Railway from its Pant [Pant Glas] Station for non-payment of rent!"
- "Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw."
- "In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident."
- "The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire."
Etymology
From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Transitive verb
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Countable