eighty-eight

num 2noun 2

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ADJ.

old

VERB + EIGHTY-EIGHT

lived

EIGHTY-EIGHT + NOUN

years

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Number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine; decimal 88

An abbreviation for 'Hugs and kisses' in amateur radio. Used especially in Morse code.

noun

A piano (from the number of keys)

A butterfly of the genera Callicore, Perisama, or Diaethria, some of which have a pattern on their wings similar to the digits "88".

adjective — being eight more than eighty

Her grandmother lived to be eighty-eight years old.

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Sixteen plus sixty-one is seventy-seven. Seventeen plus seventy-one is eighty-eight.

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i Register

In some senses, eighty-eight is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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