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

  • (..) slow you down, keep going. – Keep on. SCHULTZ: Brünhilde Von Schaft, age twenty-seven, “r” on right cheek… Calvin Candie. He owns the fourth biggest cotton plantation in Mississippi, Candyland. – Candyland? – Oh so you've heard of it? – Ain't no slave that ain't heard of Candyland. (..)
    2012 Django Unchained