English Explanatory Dictionary

two-forty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very fast speed.

Word forms

two-forty 2:40 two forty

Etymology

Referring to the sport of trotting (harness racing), in which running a mile in two minutes and forty seconds was considered a very fast pace in 19th-century America.

Derived words

two-forty on a plank road
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