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fours

noun

Meaning

  1. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
  2. Anything measuring four units, as length.
  3. A person who is four years old.
  4. An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
  5. A power forward.
  6. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
  7. A pair of fours.
  8. The cells located on the third floor.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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