four by four

Noun

Meaning

A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a four-speed transmission.

A four-wheel vehicle with four-wheel-drive.

By extension, any four-wheel-drive vehicle.

A four-inch per four-inch gauze or similar material.

(UK slang) A woman who has had four children by four different fathers.

Alternative names

four-by-four

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Examples

The Minkowski metric is usually denoted by and can be written as a four-by-four matrix: : where the Landau–Lifshitz time-like convention is being used. Source: Internet

The proposed standardization uses a four-by-four inch/ten-by-ten cm knitted or crocheted square, with the resultant number of stitches across and rows high made by the suggested tools on the label to determine the gauge. Source: Internet

Travel on highways outside of towns and cities in Angola (and in some cases within) is often not best advised for those without four-by-four vehicles. Source: Internet

We counted 14 single-room shacks, measuring less than four-by-four metres. Source: Internet

When the director apologizes, Gage adds: “I’m living in a four-by-four box, it’s fine, just give me the job and we’ll be fine.” Source: Internet

Conquer this quick, challenging four-by-four puzzle. Source: Internet

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