number eight
number eight noun: a box-to-box midfielder.
Noun
number eight (plural number eights)
- A box-to-box midfielder.
- Naturally, Franco plays as a number eight (a midfielder who has both attacking and defending responsibilities), but he also has the capability to play as a defensive midfielder.2021 December 21, Caleb Adams, “Alan Franco 'is like the cement in the midfield'”, in Charlotte FC
- A player in the scrum, who controls the movement of the scrum, and can pick up the ball exiting the scrum; eighthman.
- But Ireland dug out a gutsy response and applied pressure which resulted in number eight Heaslip diving over in the corner to revive home hopes.2011 February 13, Lyle Jackson, “Ireland 22-25 France”, in BBC
- The batsman who bats eighth.
number eight meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit
number eight in Tamil
- எட்டு
number eight in Kannada
- the number eight
- ಹರಿ hari
number eight in Sanskrit
- the number eight
- अहि áhi
Forms of number eight
| plural | number eights |
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Questions about number eight
- What does number eight mean?
- Number eight means a box-to-box midfielder.
- What is number eight in Tamil?
- Number eight in Tamil is எட்டு. See Number eight meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is number eight?
- Number eight is a noun.
- What is the plural of number eight?
- The plural of number eight is number eights.
Words near number eight in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: number eight (page history and authors); number eight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಹರಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); अहि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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