Foursome \Four"some\ (f[=o]r"s[u^]m), a. [Four + 2d -some.]
Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or
Golf]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Foursome \Four"some\, n.
1. (Golf) A game between four players, with two on each side
and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking
alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side
consists of a man and a woman.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A group of four people or objects; as, we need another
player to make a foursome for bridge.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
foursome
n 1: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop
quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: quartet,
quartette]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four,
4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary,
quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, Little Joe]
WordNet (r) 2.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "foursome":
Little Joe, biquadrate, bout, contest, decathlon, double-header,
doubles, event, four, four-part diaphony, game, games of chance,
go, match, meet, pentathlon, play, play-off, quad, quadrangle,
quadrature, quadrennium, quadrilateral, quadrille, quadrinomial,
quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity,
quatrefoil, race, rectangle, runoff, singles, sport, square,
square dance, squaring, tetrad, tetragon, tetragram,
tetragrammaton, tetrahedron, tetralogy, tetraphony, tetrapody,
threesome, twosome
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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