English Explanatory Dictionary

four-speed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Having four forward speeds.
  2. A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
  3. A manual transmission with four forward speeds; (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.

Word forms

four-speed four-speeds four speed

Etymology

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.

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