Twenty-two
/ˌtwɛntiˈtuː/ noun, num
noun, num ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A .22 calibre pistol or rifle.
"He wore a crazed expression / As he waded in the car / For some ammo and his sawn-off twenty-two."
- 2 a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle) wordnet
- 3 the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one wordnet
Adjective
- 1 being two more than twenty wordnet
Numeral
- 1 The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22.
Example
More examples"There are twenty-two of us in all."