Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Another spelling of eh and aye.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • interjection An exclamation expressing delight.

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  • interjection Alternative form of eh.

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Examples

  • 'The t covering note to Leo Morris - the one that gave the eigh year instruction - was unsigned.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • Eighty-eigh proud members of the Army's (INAUDIBLE) First Squadron, 11th armored Cavalry Regiment, receiving a presidential unit citation for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry.

    CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2009 2009

  • This statement simply ignores the valid medical uses of anabolic/androgenic steroids and human growth hormone and the fact that Signature Pharmacy has filled millions of valid prescriptions for all types of medications from over 9,000 physicians across the country in its eigh-year history.

    Profile: Albany D.A. David Soares 2007

  • The eigh-day "California Dreamin '" tour from Go Ahead Tours.

    The American Plan 2009

  • When an artist tells me that long-term employment "used to be the way the biz worked," I reply that the "work one place forever" thing was actually just an eigh-year quirk.

    Regarding Layoffs Steve Hulett 2008

  • "A suspected US drone aircraft is reported to have killed at least eigh people in two missile strikes in southern Pakistan, near the border of Afghanistan."

    Wednesday, December 31, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • Jones has been as shocked as anyone at the speed with which the prosecution laid out its damning evidence against McV eigh.

    Defending Mcveigh 2008

  • "A suspected US drone aircraft is reported to have killed at least eigh people in two missile strikes in southern Pakistan, near the border of Afghanistan."

    Tuesday, December 23, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • When an artist tells me that long-term employment "used to be the way the biz worked," I reply that the "work one place forever" thing was actually just an eigh-year quirk.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Steve Hulett 2008

  • He held his own hand out and counted his digits slowly, β€œOne, two, three, four, five β€” eigh?”

    The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006

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