all fours

Noun

Meaning

All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

all-fours

Synonyms

crawling high-low-jack game bridge exactly crawl creep scramble to a T blackjack creeping to the letter on all fours on one's hands and knees in every detail
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Antonyms

fleet gait scampering

Hypernyms

cards card game

Hyponyms

cinch pitch seven-up auction pitch old sledge

Examples

As with otariids, it can turn its rear flippers forward and move on all fours; however, its swimming technique is more like that of true seals, relying less on flippers and more on sinuous whole body movements. Source: Internet

Apparently unaware of Sabine’s presence, the man kneeled down onto the packed snow and came on all fours, then—to Sabine’s profound surprise—began to crawl slowly onto the frozen river. Source: Internet

He drops to all fours and does damage in an area of effect after blinking to a location. Source: Internet

DK Adult (2005), ISBN 0789477645 Head-body length (from the nose to the rump while on all fours) ranges from convert. Source: Internet

It involves waving both hands & legs randomly while "on all fours". Source: Internet

Otariids and walruses are capable of turning their hind-flippers forward and under the body so they can "walk" on all fours. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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