1. plural of eight; the numbers, symbols, or quantities representing eight
2. playing cards with the value of eight
3. rowing crews of eight people, or the boats used by such crews
Usage: rowing

Examples

• She rolled two eights with the dice.
• The deck contained four eights, one in each suit.
• He collected all the eights from the card game.
• The university’s eights competed in the regatta.
• The rowing eights practiced on the river every morning.
• Count by eights: eight, sixteen, twenty-four.
• The eights were the strongest crew on the team.