eighty-eight

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ā′tē āt′)


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eight•y-eight  (ā′tē āt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a cardinal number, 80 plus 8.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 88 or LXXXVIII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. Music and Dance[Slang.]the keys of a piano or the piano itself:tickle the old eighty-eight.

adj. 
  1. amounting to 88 in number.

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