two-by-four

See also: two by four

English

Adjective

two-by-four

  1. Measuring two inches by four inches.
  2. (by extension) Small or cramped.

Noun

two-by-four (plural two-by-fours)

  1. Alternative spelling of two by four.
    • 2025 March 9, Andrew Roth, quoting Keith Kellogg, “‘They brought it on themselves’: a new low in US-Ukraine relations”, in The Observer[1], →ISSN:
      “I think the best way I can describe it is sort of like hitting a mule with a two-by-four across the nose,” he continued

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