Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call the ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables
cal-l the ball
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

When landing on a US aircraft carrier: to sight the lights from the multi-colored optical landing system that shows a pilot to be on the correct approach path or how to correct the approach path.

American usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

calls the ball (present, singular) calling the ball (participle, present) called the ball (participle, past) called the ball (past)

Questions

What does call the ball mean?
When landing on a US aircraft carrier: to sight the lights from the multi-colored optical landing system that shows a pilot to be on the correct approach path or how to correct the approach path.

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