four-on-the-floor

See also: four on the floor

English

Alternative forms

• four on the floor, 4-on-the-floor, four-to-the-floor

Pronunciation

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Noun

four-on-the-floor

1. (motor vehicles) A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
2. (idiomatic, music) 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:
   

   

Translations

a beat

• Finnish: tasabiitti
• Russian: пряма́я бо́чка (ru) f (prjamája bóčka)

See also

• three-on-the-tree