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4-on-the-floor

4-on-the-floor is the alternative spelling of four-on-the-floor.

Meaning of four-on-the-floor

Noun

four-on-the-floor (countable and uncountable, plural four-on-the-floors)

  1. A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
    1. (metonymically) A vehicle with such a transmission.
  2. (idiomatic) A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature in which the bass drum is hit on every beat.
    • A four-on-the-floor rhythm:
      \drums<<{\hide\pp\repeat unfold16{hh8

Questions about 4-on-the-floor

What is 4-on-the-floor the alternative spelling of?
4-on-the-floor is the alternative spelling of four-on-the-floor.

Words near 4-on-the-floor in the dictionary

  1. 4-L
  2. 4-Ls
  3. 4-methylumbelliferylguanidinobenzoate
  4. 4-omino
  5. 4-ominos
  6. 4-on-the-floor
  7. 4-polytope
  8. 4-polytopes
  9. 4-to-1 rule
  10. 4-wheeler
  11. 4-wheelers

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