[ey-tee-eyt] 
| 1. | a cardinal number, 80 plus 8. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 88 or LXXXVIII. |
| 3. | a set of this many persons or things. |
| 4. | Slang. the keys of a piano or the piano itself: tickle the old eighty-eight. |
| 5. | amounting to 88 in number. |
tiˈeɪt