Definition of "eighty-eight" []

A high-velocity gun with a caliber of 88 millimeters, used by German troops as an antiaircraft and antitank weapon during World War II. (noun)
An artillery shell, especially one fired by this gun. (noun)
Slang A piano. (noun)

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Use "eighty-eight" in a sentence

"In 1993, at least one hundred eighty-eight workers were killed in a fire at a toy factory in Thailand; the exact death toll was never known, because many of the bodies were never found."
"But now, a hundred eighty-eight in five nights of work, all of a sudden it didn't look so bad."
"It took women 147 years after the first Tea Party to gain the right to vote and another eighty-eight after that to field female candidates from each party in the presidential election."

Words like "eighty-eight"

cardinal eight eighty eighty-eighth

eighty-seven eighty-two fifty-seven fifty-six

forty-one forty-six ninety-seven seventy-eight

seventy-seven sixty-four sixty-three twenty-eight