Definitions for eject

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eject e·ject

Spelling: [ih-jekt]

IPA: /ɪˈdʒɛkt/

Eject is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in eject (ceejt).

Definitions for eject

verb (used with object)

1. to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position: Synonyms: oust, remove, drive out, cast out, throw out.
2. to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
3. to evict, as from property. Synonyms: oust, turn out, kick out, dispossess.
4. to throw out, as from within; throw off.

verb (used without object)

1. to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat:

Origin of eject

1545-55; Latin ējectus (past participle of ējicere) thrown out, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + jec- (combining form of jacere) throw + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for eject

The door was opened by the man who had helped to eject Spicer.

Theirs is a fool's paradise from which I could eject them at any moment; but I will not—not just yet.

So I should be able to move the whole unit into the cargo lock and eject it from there.

He sat watching the toad all night, but the toad did not eject anything.

Your Dad recognized the cycle I was caught in and said, “Just push the eject button.”

Somehow Messinger, his copilot, the instructor pilot, and the navigator managed to eject from the airplane carrying the bombs.

Hotels can deny entry, gyms can deny access, and restaurants can eject you without consequence.

It derives its name from an odor which it is able to eject, which smells not unlike that of the fox.

But I can eject the torpedo from the tube, and perhaps the others.

He either used a weapon that did not eject shell casings or he had the presence of mind to retrieve them before speeding away.