808
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]808
- (often with "the") Hawaii, after the 808 area code.
Noun
[edit]808 (plural 808s)
- A Roland TR-808 drum machine.
- A synthesized drum or bass sound that emulates the sound of a Roland TR-808.
- (music, chiefly hip-hop) A bassline or sub-bassline, or the sound used for such.
- 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 129:
- He too is filling the pocket, darting in the space between the 808 and the glittering melody, closing the distance with his short lines and ad libs.
- (music, chiefly hip-hop) A bassline or sub-bassline, or the sound used for such.