4 × 4

or four-by-four

[ fawr bahy fawr, fohr bahy fohr, buh ]

noun

1. a four-wheeled automotive vehicle having four-wheel drive.
2. a piece of lumber approximately 4 inches thick by 4 inches wide.

Example Sentences

If the performance was “a tad cautious,” perhaps that’s because the 24-year-old maestro had a police helicopter buzzing throughout the first movement and a car alarm blasting out a 4/4 rhythm during the third movement’s 3/4 waltz.

From Los Angeles Times

By comparing the genetic makeup of the samples to each other and other available H5N1 viruses in a public database, the researchers found that they were slightly different and belonged to 2 different genotypes, which are both a mix of Eurasian H5N1 2.3.4.4.b clade virus and local North American avian influenza viruses.

From Science Daily

The Bronco rolled off the assembly line in 1966 as one of the first sport-utility vehicles, said Todd Zuercher, an auto historian and author of the 2019 book “Ford Bronco: A History of Ford’s Legendary 4×4.”

From Seattle Times

But, he added, they can’t do it because what he played was “a shuffle with a backbeat” and not a straight 4/4 beat.

From New York Times

Sullivan will receive a voice memo from Goldings, perhaps a groove, a sampling of instruments that go from 4/4 to 5/4.

From Los Angeles Times