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eights

[ eyts ]

/ eɪts /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

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Words nearby eights

eighthly, eighth note, eighth rest, eightieth, eightpenny, eights, eightsome reel, eight-spot, eight-track tape, eightvo, eighty

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How to use eights in a sentence

Boy Scouts can make the motions on foot, and by a code of circles and figure eights, etc., can signal many things.
Pluck on the Long Trail|Edwin L. Sabin
It consists of minute rounded or oval cells, mostly undergoing division into twos, fours, or eights.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope|John William Griffith
Upmore, we shall be head of the river, four nights after the eights begin.
The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as "Tommy Upmore"|R. D. Blackmore
"Three eights and a pair of deuces," boasted the Westerner, exposing the full hand upon the board.
The Promise|James B. Hendryx

Three days later, after the Eights in the early evening, Paul found an opportunity of speaking again alone with Meenie.
Strange Stories|Grant Allen