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• a variation of V-eight.

V-8

American  

[vee-eyt] / ˈviˈeɪt /

noun

• V-8's
  plural

1. V-eight.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• V-8's
  plural

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V-8 V-8's

The probe marks the latest setback GM has faced in dealing with costly safety issues stemming from this V-8 engine, known internally as the L87.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The “Hurricane,” a turbocharged six-cylinder engine, would replace an archaic gas-guzzling V-8 that hadn’t changed much in nearly 15 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Buyers can pick a truck with a Hurricane or pay more for one with an old V-8 engine, called the Hemi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But this design typically lacks the fuller, richer sound that V-8 enthusiasts love.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

He’d buy a brand new V-8 car every year hut he couldn’t see the logic in buying new clothes when you got cheap hand-me-downs fior free.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

The guy who won the unlimited fuel class drove a massive machine powered by four blown hemi V-8’s making in excess of 3,000 horsepower.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2019

Horsepower is up a bit to 425, from 414, while torque is 406 pound-feet, a sharp increase from the old V-8's 295 pound-feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2015

I've grumbled over BMW's recent designs, but the 645Ci quickly ingratiates itself with a pleasing silhouette and its 4.4-liter V-8's frisky 325 horses.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day the elder Ford was driven in one of his V-8's 35 mi. to Marquette to telephone Edsel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last of four new Ford V-8's went out at 360 miles.

From Time Magazine Archive