eighty eight

/ˌeɪtiˈeɪt/
noun
  1. The number 88.
    • My grandmother just turned eighty-eight years old.
    • The bus route eighty-eight goes from the station to the mall.
    • He scored eighty-eight out of one hundred on the test.
  2. A piano (informal, from the number of keys on a standard piano).
    • She sat down at the eighty-eight and began to play a beautiful melody.
    • The jazz club had an old eighty-eight in the corner that still sounded great.
    • He learned to play the eighty-eight when he was just five years old.
adjective
  1. Numbering 88 in a group or series.
    • She lives in apartment eighty-eight on the eighth floor.
    • The eighty-eight runner crossed the finish line just before sunset.
    • The eighty-eight page report was due on Friday.