Eighty-eight

noun, num, slang

noun, num, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piano (from the number of keys) slang
  2. 2
    A butterfly of the genera Callicore, Perisama, or Diaethria, some of which have a pattern on their wings similar to the digits "88".
Adjective
  1. 1
    being eight more than eighty wordnet
Numeral
  1. 1
    Number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88
  2. 2
    An abbreviation for 'Hugs and kisses' in amateur radio. Used especially in Morse code.

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"Her grandmother lived to be eighty-eight years old."

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