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Meaning of Foursome | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈfɔɹsəm

Definitions

  1. A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
  2. A sex act between four people.

Equivalents

Dansk firkant
Deutsch Foursome Vierer
Español cuarteto
Suomi nelikko
Magyar négyes
Nederlands kwartet viertal
Português quarteto
Svenska fyrkant
Українська четвірка

Examples

“The fired-up foursome takes itself very seriously, singing politically charged lyrics, which, in the tradition of Strife and Damnation AD, are strategically placed in the middle of slamming, moshable breakdowns.”
“And Ms. Davies’s 7,000-square-foot guesthouse, the only building from the original estate to survive, is already a favorite among card-playing foursomes and others who want to lounge on the second-story deck and watch dolphins bob in the whitecapped waves.”
“Also, since the players teed off simultaneously, the infamous "shotgun start," with several foursomes at each tee box, the tournaments ran notoriously slow.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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