four-on-the-floor

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four-on-the-floor

noun four-on-the-floors · four on the floor · 4-on-the-floor · four-to-the-floor

countable, uncountable A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
countable, metonymically, uncountable A vehicle with such a transmission.
countable, idiomatic, uncountable 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

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noun a beat

Русский	пряма́я бо́чка prjamája bóčka

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@misc{four_on_the_floor_2026,
  title = {four-on-the-floor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/four-on-the-floor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}