eighty-eight

American  

[ey-tee-eyt] / ˈeɪ tiˈeɪt /

noun

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. Slang. the keys of a piano or the piano itself.

   tickle the old eighty-eight.

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adjective

1. amounting to 88 in number.

Example Sentences

O’Brien, who is eighty-eight, recently told me that she may yet write “some little poem, or fragments,” but almost certainly couldn’t manage another novel.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

Hugh, eighty-eight, a Christian Scientist living in Connecticut, is another amazingly healthy person.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019

Andrew, eighty-eight, is a good example of a Denier.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019

My mourning mind, compromised and searching for coincidence, processes the age Toni Morrison was when she died, eighty-eight, as two infinity signs, straightened and snatched right-side up.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 7, 2019

“That will be seven dollars and eighty-eight cents,” the salesgirl named Griselda tells me.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper