eight

Examples

• All

• We've gone to camp together for eight years.

  Hell of a Summer (2023)

• The score is currently eight to seven.

• And this was eight years ago or more.

  Gas Monkey Garage

• So it's nearly been eight years, which is crazy.

• No, can you push number eight, please?

  Unfavorable Odds (2022)

• Of the 13 child participants, eight were girls and five were boys.

  Academic text (2011)

• Me and my boyfriend Brian have been together for eight years.

  The Girls Bathroom

• Saturday, I'll pick ya up at eight.

  Moonshine County Express (1977)

• Generally, judges serve six to eight years before facing the voters in a retention election.

  Academic text (2011)

• "Before this," Coe said, "I had a job for eight years on a horse farm."

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

O

ogdoad

vseight

• Archaic

1 9.9

A group of eight things

is the pure cardinal number rather than a collective group term

O

octad

vseight

1 9.0

A group of eight people or things

is the cardinal number itself rather than a word for a group

O

octonary

vseight

• Archaic

9.9

The number eight

is the number described here as the sum of seven and one

Idioms

B

behind the eight-ball

• Informal

4 9.6

In a difficult situation with little chance to make things better

F

fall seven times, stand up eight

9.0

To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail

O

one over the eight

• Archaic

9.9

A little drunk after drinking too much alcohol

Compounds

E

eight-day

101 5.1

Lasting for eight days, like a clock that only needs to be wound once a week

E

eight ball

19 4.4

A black ball with the number 8 that must be pocketed last in some pool games

F

figure eight

8 2.8

A flat shape with two loops joined like the number eight

P

piece of eight

• Archaic

3 9.9

An old Spanish silver coin worth eight reales used widely in trade from the 1500s to 1800s

F

figure eight

1 4.9

A skating move that traces two joined loops on the ice

F

figure of eight

1 4.8

A shape like the number eight made by one line crossing itself

E

eight-spot

7.8

A playing card with eight small symbols on its face

F

figure eight

• Specialized

5.0

A knot tied near the rope end that stops it slipping through a hole and looks like the number eight

F

figure of eight

• Specialized

5.1

A knot shaped like the number eight used to stop a rope slipping

S

Section Eight

• Slur

9.9

A US Army discharge given for mental illness or bad behaviour

S

seventy-eight

• Archaic

9.9

An old record for a record player that spins 78 times a minute

Surface Forms

Etymology