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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He said Beckstrom loved to hunt and fish for bass and bluegill and ride four-wheelers on trails through the mountains.
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
Instead of a four-wheeler or motorbike, the huntsmen are instead sitting on their couch, which is propelled by their motorized living room.
From Seattle Times
The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office rescued a couple Sunday whose four-wheeler broke down outside of Nevada City, deputies said.
From Seattle Times
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
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