I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
: being one more than 87 in number
eighty-eight years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
: 88 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
eighty-eight are here
eighty-eight were found
III. noun
1. : eight and 80 : four times 22 : eight times 11
2.
a. : 88 units or objects
a total of eighty-eight
b. : a group or set of 88
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 88
4. : the 88th in a set or series
5.
[so called from the standard number of keys]
slang : piano
6. : an 88 millimeter gun