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four-twenty

four-twenty is the alternative form of 420.

Meaning of 420

Noun (1)

420 (plural 420s)

  1. A particular type of monohull dinghy with two sails, designed for two people.

Noun (2)

420 (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, US, especially, slang) Cannabis.
    • Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get together to celebrate their fondness for weed.2025 April 20, Sandee LaMotte, “Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years, study finds”, in CNN
  2. (Canada, US, especially, slang, usually) Pertaining to cannabis, its consumption, or cannabis culture.
    • Late nights at the recording studio were always 420 friendly.
  3. (Canada, US, especially, slang) April 20 (abbreviated 4/20 in the US), as an occasion to celebrate cannabis culture.

Noun (3)

420 (plural 420s)

  1. (Canada, South-Asia, US, especially, slang) fraudster, cheater, forger; a smooth operator

Questions about four-twenty

What is four-twenty the alternative form of?
Four-twenty is the alternative form of 420.

Words near four-twenty in the dictionary

  1. four-top
  2. four-tops
  3. four-track
  4. four-tracked
  5. four-tracking
  6. four-twenty
  7. four-vector
  8. four-vectors
  9. four-velocities
  10. four-velocity
  11. four-wall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: four-twenty (page history and authors); 420 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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