eighty eight
/ˌeɪtiˈeɪt/
noun
- 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.
- 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
- 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.