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noun
Having four forward speeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
A manual transmission with four forward speeds; (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, informal, specifically, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
The sense specific to a manual transmission came from an era when manual transmissions in passenger cars were usually four-speeds but automatics were usually three-speeds or two-speeds.
