sixteens

Four times four

Sixteens is the plural of sixteen, used when referring to multiple instances of that number or to things designated by it.

In poetry and music, sixteens often refers to sixteenth notes or to sixteen-bar verses, particularly in hip-hop: He spit some fire sixteens on that track.

In clothing or sizing, sixteens indicates that size: They only had fourteens and sixteens left.

coming-of-age

quinceañera

Fifteenth birthday celebration

party · ceremony · tradition · milestone · transition · initiation · festivity · commemoration · debut · maturation

Phrases
Family

sixteen, sixteenth, sixteenths, sixteenfold

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G