eight Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .
Alternative forms
*
* Western (Arabic) numerals:
* (Roman numerals): VIII
Numeral
( head)
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
- He works eight hours a day.
* 2009 , Stuart Heritage], [http://www.hecklerspray.com/ Hecklerspray] , Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “[http://www.hecklerspray.com/jon-kate-latest-people-you-dont-know-do-crap-you-dont-care-about/200934378.php Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About ”
- Jon & Kate Plus 8'' is a show based on two facts: 1)''' Jon and Kate Gosselin have '''eight''' children, and '''2)''' the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘' eight ’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
Describing a set or group with eight components.
Related terms
* (l)
See also
*
Noun
( en noun)
The digit/figure 8.
(playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
(nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which a eight rowers each have two oars
(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate
Derived terms
* eight ball
* eighty
* figure eight
* number eight
* piece of eight
See also
*
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Etymology 2
See ait.
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goat English
Noun
( wikipedia goat)
( en noun)
A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus'', and similar species of the genus ''Capra .
(slang) A lecherous man.
* etymology: from the slang term "horny as a goat"
(informal) A scapegoat.
* 2008 , "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008
- Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.
* 1997 , "", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas
- Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.
Nickname for the Pontiac GTO
Synonyms
* See also
Holonyms
* (group of goats) tribe, herd
Derived terms
* act the goat
* billygoat
* get one's goat
* goat's breath
* goatfish
* goatee
* goatherd
* goatish
* goatpox
* mountain goat
* scapegoat
See also
* chevon
* ewe
* herd
* hircine
* kid
* ram
* tribe
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Verb
( en verb)
To allow goats to feed on.
* 1918 , Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51
- Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
To scapegoat.
* 2001 , "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today , July 15, 2001
- John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
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