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

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-four-on-the-floor.ogg [Australia]
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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. Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-four-on-the-floor-en-noun-EDXtacI2 Disambiguation of Automotive: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53
  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 Categories (topical): Music, Four Translations (a beat): пряма́я бо́чка (prjamája bóčka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-four-on-the-floor-en-noun-btuLI7rQ Disambiguation of Four: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'a beat': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: four on the floor, 4-on-the-floor, four-to-the-floor Related terms: three-on-the-tree

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