"4-4-2" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: 4-4-2s [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 4-4-2 (plural 4-4-2s)
  1. (soccer) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers. Categories (topical): Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-4-4-2-en-noun-~yFdbQVP Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  2. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a two-axle leading truck, two powered driving axles and a one-axle trailing truck. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-4-4-2-en-noun-p7P-VIPg Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81

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