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four-on-the-floors

four-on-the-floors is the plural 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 four-on-the-floors

What is four-on-the-floors the plural of?
Four-on-the-floors is the plural of four-on-the-floor.

Words near four-on-the-floors in the dictionary

  1. four-o'clock flower
  2. four-o'clock flowers
  3. four-o'clocks
  4. four-of-a-kind
  5. four-on-the-floor
  6. four-on-the-floors
  7. four-peat
  8. four-peated
  9. four-peating
  10. four-peats
  11. four-penny nail

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