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4thenUS ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | 4th - coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"fourth, quaternaryordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
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fourth wall jokeIn fiction, especially theater, film, or television, a joke that intentionally draws attention to the illusion of separation between the audience and the fiction itself. I love it when a TV show throws in a good fourth wall joke—I think it's fun being in on the humor like that.See also: fourth, joke, wall*knee-high by the 4th of JulyFig. grown as tall as it should. (Corn seedlings are proverbially supposed to be as high as someone's knee by July 4th.) (*Typically: be ~; become ~; grow ~.) What with this drought, I don't think the crop will be knee-high by the 4th of July. It's gonna be a good year. Knee-high by the 4th of July.See also: 4th, by, July, of4thenUS
Synonyms for 4thadj coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitudeSynonymsRelated Words |