Eighty-eight definition

ātē-āt

(slang) A piano.

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A high-velocity gun with a caliber of 88 millimeters, used by German troops as an antiaircraft and antitank weapon during World War II.

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An artillery shell, especially one fired by this gun.

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Origin of eighty-eight

Sense 3, from the number of its keys

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition