eighth /eɪtθ/noun 4adjective 1verb 1forms 3 noun4 •One of eight equal parts of a whole.Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar. •(slang) An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane. — 2000 •The person or thing in the eighth position. •An interval by doubling in pitch frequency. adjective1 •The ordinal form of the number eight.Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks. — 2022 verb1 •To divide by eight.The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective. — 2013 formseighthed · eighthing · eighths
