eighty-eight
Keys on a piano
Eighty-eight is the cardinal number between eighty-seven and eighty-nine, written 88.
Among white supremacists, 88 is code for "Heil Hitler"—H being the eighth letter of the alphabet.
The number appears in tattoos, usernames, and signage as a covert identifier: The 88 on his neck told me everything I needed to know.
Lock-operating instruments
- keyboardArray of input keys
- ivoriesPiano keys, informally
- grandImposing or splendid
- uprightVertical or morally sound
pedals · fortepiano · pianoforte · instrument · concerto · sonata · hammers · strings
Person in ninth decade
elder · retiree · longevity · wisdom · experience · patriarch · matriarch · gray-haired
Symbol denoting quantity
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- digitSingle numeric character
- double-digitHaving two numerals
even · multiple · count · figure · quantity · arithmetic · mathematics · calculation
Wealth or destiny
- luckyFavored by chance
- auspiciousIndicating future success
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- CantoneseSouthern Chinese dialect
numerology · gambling · mahjong · feng-shui · Chinese · homophone · wealth · symbolic
Winged insect from caterpillar
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- wingsLimbs for flight
- nectarFloral sugar water
- chrysalisPupal casing for metamorphosis
metamorphosis · antennae · caterpillar · pollination · flit · flutter · migration
keys
Lock-operating instruments
upright · pedals · fortepiano · pianoforte · instrument · concerto · sonata · hammers · strings · octaves
octogenarian
Person in ninth decade
venerable · elder · retiree · longevity · wisdom · experience · patriarch · matriarch · gray-haired · late-life
numeral
Symbol denoting quantity
double-digit · even · multiple · count · figure · quantity · arithmetic · mathematics · calculation · sum
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- luckyFavored by chance
- auspiciousIndicating future success
- prosperityGood fortune, success
Cantonese · numerology · gambling · mahjong · feng-shui · Chinese · homophone · wealth · symbolic
butterfly
Winged insect from caterpillar
chrysalis · metamorphosis · antennae · caterpillar · pollination · flit · flutter · migration
- Repdigits11, 22, 33, 44, 55
- two-word numberstwenty-one, twenty-five, thirty-three, forty-four, fifty-five
- musical instrument nicknamesaxe, fiddle, ivories, skins, sticks
eighty-eightninety
Ten less than hundred
one hundred · round number · eighty · fifty · hundred
eight, eighteen, eighty, eighth, eighths, eightieth, eighty-nine, eighty-seven, eightfold