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four on the floor

four 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 four on the floor

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

Words near four on the floor in the dictionary

  1. Four Oaks
  2. four of a kind
  3. four oh four
  4. four oh fours
  5. Four Olds
  6. four on the floor
  7. four one one
  8. four penny nail
  9. four penny nails
  10. four pips
  11. four score

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