V-8

[ vee-eyt ]

/ ˈviˈeɪt /

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noun, plural V-8's.

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Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

The Sunflower State

The Evergreen State

The Magnolia State

The Mockingbird State

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Words nearby V-8

v, V-1, V-2, V-4, V-6, V-8, VA, vaad, Vaal, Vaasa, vac

Example sentences from the Web for V-8

The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
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Add a pop of color with a bright violet v-neck blouse from 3.1 Phillip Lim.
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Take the case of Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne, an employment discrimination suit in the Seventh Circuit.
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In third person, Grand Theft Auto V was like a really elaborate action figure play set.
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Minutes into the rerelease of Grand Theft Auto V, I inadvertently stomped a cat to death.
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U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
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The unindustrious pupil imagines that “p” represents 8, and not “f” or “v,” and translates 1845 into “To pour oil” .
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The action of the springs now serves to close the valves V, V1, and to open out the motor M, whereupon the process is repeated.
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The air in the chamber will press upon the back of the valve V, tending to keep it closed.
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Illustrated with a map, 14 full-page and 46 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown.
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British Dictionary definitions for V-8

noun

a car or internal-combustion engine having eight cylinders arranged in the form of a V

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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