4-2-4

English

A 4-2-4 soccer formation

A 4-2-4 steam locomotive

Noun

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

1. (soccer, uncountable) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers
2. (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.

Further reading

• Formation (association football) § 4–2–4 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 4-2-4 (locomotive) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 2-4-4, 4-4-2