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

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

Merce Cunningham died in 2009, at the age of ninety; Paul Taylor last year, at eighty-eight.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

The only data point on the fact sheet that specifically describes trafficking is the number of arrests made by ICE and Homeland Security: fifteen hundred and eighty-eight in 2018.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2019

The eighty-eight players in the First Canadian Open may have composed a stronger roster than had been fielded at the United States Open a few weeks earlier.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady