ouster, ousting
(noun) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ousting
present participle of oust
ousting (plural oustings)
The act by which somebody is ousted.
• Guintos, outings, outsing, sign out, sign-out, signout, sing out, tousing
Source: Wiktionary
Oust, n.
Definition: See Oast.
Oust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ousted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ousting.] Etym: [OF. oster, F. ôter, prob. fr. L. obstare to oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See Obstacle, and cf. Ouster.]
1. To take away; to remove. Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. Sir M. Hale.
2. To eject; to turn out. Blackstone. From mine own earldom foully ousted me. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
