fourth

Definition

  • noun: number four in a series
  • noun: a musical interval embracing four tones of the diatonic scale
  • used with 'the'
  • synonyms: quarter, quartern, ¼

Examples

  • I'll be flying in on the 'fourth'. [=the fourth day of the month]

  • He got a base hit in the 'fourth'. [=the fourth inning]

  • She drank a 'fourth' of the bottle.

Movie quotes

  • (..) students signed up for it on the first day. God, if I was a drug dealer I couldn't give free drugs to people in one day. And this guy doesn't have three friends to rub together to make a fourth. All right. Yes, that's what we'll do, Mr. Hotchkiss. We'll put all this together (..)
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