four-speed

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This car is a four-speed; it has a four-speed.
This motorcycle is a four-speed.
a typical four-speed manual transmission for a rear-wheel-drive car

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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Noun

four-speed (plural four-speeds)

  1. (attributive, of a transmission) Having four forward speeds.
    My car has a four-speed transmission. It is not as efficient as my daughter's five-speed.
  2. A transmission that has four forward speeds (it might or might not be a manual transmission); (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
    four-speed manual;   four-speed automatic
    1. (chiefly historical, informal, specifically) A manual transmission with four forward speeds; (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
      Hyponyms: four-on-the-floor, four on the floor
      A: Was you dad's Mustang a four-speed? B: No, it was an automatic.

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