four-wheeler
Americannoun
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a four-wheel vehicle, especially a hackney carriage.
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Citizens Band Radio and Automotive Slang. a four-wheel automotive vehicle, as a car or small truck, especially as distinguished from a vehicle having more than four wheels, as a tractor-trailer, or fewer than four wheels, as a motorcycle.
Etymology
Origin of four-wheeler
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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She anticipates the country’s four-wheeler industry volume to decline amid ongoing macro volatility, although the company could maintain its over 50% market share in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
To raise money for the road trip, she sold her four-wheeler and some goats, but not the horse, which she left in the care of a friend.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024
The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office rescued a couple Sunday whose four-wheeler broke down outside of Nevada City, deputies said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
On Wednesday, he said, a man in an A.T.V. misjudged conditions and rolled his four-wheeler onto what he thought was solid ice.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Outside, Miig had found a shed, and though it was pretty well scavenged from when they first shut up shop, he did manage to find a two-wheeled cart, the kind you tow behind a four-wheeler.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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