"four-on-the-floor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-four-on-the-floor.ogg Forms: four on the floor [alternative], 4-on-the-floor [alternative], four-to-the-floor [alternative]
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  1. (motor vehicles) A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
    Sense id: en-four-on-the-floor-en-noun-EDXtacI2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Automotive, Four Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Automotive: 90 10 Disambiguation of Four: 62 38
  2. (idiomatic, music) A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature in which the bass drum is hit on every beat. Tags: idiomatic Translations (a beat): tasabiitti (Finnish), пряма́я бо́чка (prjamája bóčka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-four-on-the-floor-en-noun-btuLI7rQ Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'a beat': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: three-on-the-tree

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