fours

Pairs of pairs

Fours is the plural of four, used when referring to multiple instances of the number or digit: The address has three fours in it.

In cards and dice, fours are rolls or cards showing four pips.

The phrase on all fours means on hands and knees, like a four-legged animal: She got down on all fours to look under the couch.

number

digit

Single numeric character

quaternion · quadruplet · quad · quaternary · even · integer · numeral · cardinal · double-double

rowing

crew

Working team aboard

sculling · coxswain · sweep · shell · racing · stroke · bow · stern · blade · catch

crawling

hands and knees

Crawling position

toddler · creeping · infancy · quadruped · position · kneeling · prone · ground · movement · locomotion

golf

stroke

Sudden brain blood blockage

  • scoreNumerical standing in competition
  • parExpected stroke count
  • bogeyOne over par

scorecard · hole · fairway · putt · round · under par · over par · birdie · handicap

cricket

runs

Moves fast on foot

stroke · drive · sweep · pull · innings · scoring · hit · ball · batting · over

Categories
Opposites
numerical sequence

foursthrees

The number after twos

ones · fives · zeros · tens · hundreds

grouping size

fourssingles

Unattached individuals

ones · pairs · twos · dozens · individuals

crawling position (on all fours)

fourstwos

Plural of deuce

standing · upright · erect · vertical · bipedal

Phrases
Family

four, fourth, fourteen, fourfold

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G