English

Noun

figure eight ‎(plural figure eights)

1. The shape consisting of two circles or ovals joined together at one point, resembling the numeral 8.

Synonyms

• figure of eight

Translations

Verb

figure eight ‎(third-person singular simple present figure eights, present participle figure eighting, simple past and past participle figure eighted)

1. To move in a figure eight pattern.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 61:

     For two minutes we figure-eighted back and forth across the face of the mountain and then popped out right beside the sidewalk café.

2. (slang) To engage in mutual masturbation (meaning 2).