four-on-the-floor

• four on the floor, 4-on-the-floor, four-to-the-floor

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four-on-the-floor

1. (motor vehicles) 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.

   Coordinate term: three-on-the-tree

2. (idiomatic, music) A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature in which the bass drum is hit on every beat.

   A four-on-the-floor rhythm: