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Meaning of four-on-the-floor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle; (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
  2. A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature in which the bass drum is hit on every beat.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“A four-on-the-floor rhythm: \drums<<{\hide\pp\repeat unfold16{hh8”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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