Meanings
nounfour-by-four (plural four-by-fours)
plural four-by-fours
- A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a four-speed transmission.
- A four-wheel vehicle with four-wheel-drive.
- broadlyany four-wheel-drive vehicle.
- A four-inch per four-inch gauze or similar material.
- BritishslangA woman who has had four children by four different fathers.
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four-by-four. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-by-four
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“four-by-four.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-by-four. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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