"808" meaning in English

See 808 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} 808
  1. (often with "the") Hawaii, after the 808 area code. Tags: often, with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-808-en-name-yQWGLPM4

Noun

Forms: 808s [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 808 (plural 808s)
  1. A Roland TR-808 drum machine. Categories (topical): Electronics, Music, Percussion instruments
    Sense id: en-808-en-noun--kip7wlT Disambiguation of Electronics: 8 57 35 Disambiguation of Music: 14 55 31 Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 15 60 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 65 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 68 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 80 4
  2. A synthesized drum or bass sound that emulates the sound of a Roland TR-808.
    Sense id: en-808-en-noun-ZtjrVd2O

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for 808 meaning in English (2.5kB)

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