variants or V8
: an internal combustion engine having two banks of four cylinders each with the banks at an angle to each other
also : an automobile having such an engine compare v-6

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That car, which featured a four-cylinder Ford engine, was succeeded by the Mangusta, fitted with a V-8 from the Blue Oval. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025 But many American homes are electrifying, trading gas furnaces for more efficient heat pumps, gas burners for induction stoves, and V-8 engines for electric motors. Umair Irfan, Wired News, 4 Oct. 2025 That’s serious firepower for an SUV with no V-8 under the hood. Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The 2026 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Jailbreak is a new three-row muscle SUV featuring a 710-horsepower Hemi V-8 engine. Ali McCadden, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for V-8

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of V-8 was in 1930

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“V-8.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/V-8. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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