What is "fourth gear"

Usage examples of "fourth gear".

The motor roared up for a moment, the gears clicked in, and the great truck moved away, first gear, second gear, third gear, and then a high whining pick-up and fourth gear.

Driving around all afternoon in city traffic, on the wrong side of the street, on the wrong side of the car- Kelp signaled for a left turn, swore loudly, shifted into third gear, shifted into fourth gear, and almost ran down two women in tan wool cloaks and high leather boots who stepped out right in front of the car.

Kelp signaled for a left turn, swore loudly, shifted into third gear, shifted into fourth gear, and almost ran down two women in tan wool cloaks and high leather boots who stepped out right in front of the car.

She leaned into every curve, keeping the powerful bike in fourth gear.

Lifting off slightly, Drummond shifted up into fourth gear at a hundred and ten miles per hour and, as the speedometer nudged 225 kilometers per hour - a hundred and forty miles per hour - he shifted into fifth gear and let the speed fall off to an easy hundred and ten cruising speed.

Ordinarily he remained in third or fourth gear, but on a sustained climb he shifted down to second.

And then I turned hard right and rolled into fourth gear, engaging my SuperCharger.

With a shriek of tires, Kazamuki brought the Mitsubishi back up to fourth gear.