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eight

eight

14 1.0
A playing card that shows the number after seven
  • noun
  • /eɪt/
translation icon : ocho
  • What I actually wrote down was the eight of diamonds.
  • play crazy eights
  • skating figure eights
  • aces and eights

Examples

  • Ah, but what if I had three eights?

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Pair of aces, pair of eights.

    Dick Tracy (1990)

  • What is it that king of hearts and that eight of clubs that was that was those, it was them.

  • - I want you to count three eights.

    Looper (2012)

  • Possible straight, possible nothing, and a pair of eights.

    Some Like It Hot (1959)

  • - Aces and eights, boys.

    Beautiful Disaster (2023)

  • GIL: Chico's all in with two eights.

    Lucky You (2007)

  • I just picked up the eight of hearts three cards ago. "I'm betting you've got eights."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He gambled on a couple pairs, but I had three eights.

    Northern Lights (1978)

  • In my hand, I have the eight of hearts, which is a strong card in this game.

Synonyms

eight-spot
vseight
7.8

A playing card with eight small symbols on its face

is the shorter more general naming form for the same card

Idioms

behind the eight-ball
  • Informal
3 9.6

In a difficult situation with little chance to make things better

fall seven times, stand up eight
9.0

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

one over the eight
  • Archaic
9.9

A little drunk after drinking too much alcohol

Compounds

eight-day
12 5.1

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

eight ball
7 4.4

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

piece of eight
  • Archaic
3 9.9

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

Section Eight
  • Slur
1 9.9

A US Army discharge given for mental illness or bad behaviour

figure eight
1 2.8

A flat shape with two loops joined like the number eight

figure eight
1 4.9

A skating move that traces two joined loops on the ice

seventy-eight
  • Archaic
1 9.9

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

eight-spot
7.8

A playing card with eight small symbols on its face

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

figure of eight
4.8

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

figure of eight
  • Specialized
5.1

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

Surface Forms

eight singular
eights plural

Etymology

Eight for a playing card comes from the old English eahta and the Latin octo, both meaning 'eight'. That's why an eight card simply shows 'eight' symbols or dots.