4-2-4

English

Noun

4-2-4 (countable and uncountable, plural 4-2-4s)

A 4-2-4 steam locomotive

A 4-2-4 soccer formation

1. (countable) Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck, one powered driving axle and a four-wheel unpowered trailing truck.
2. (soccer, uncountable) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers

Anagrams

• 2-4-4, 4-4-2