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EIGHTSOME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Scottish reel for eight dancers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("eightsome" is a kind of...):

reel; Scottish reel (a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eight people considered as a unit

Synonyms:

eightsome; octet; octette

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("eightsome" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

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