two-forty

English

Alternative forms
  • 2:40, two forty

Etymology

Referring to the sport of trotting (harness racing), in which running a mile in two minutes and forty seconds was considered a very fast pace in 19th-century America.

Noun

two-forty (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang, obsolete) A very fast speed.

Derived terms
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