Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pull the fire alarm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
pul-l the -fire alarm
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the lever on the fire alarm pull station.

Inflected Forms

pulls the fire alarm (present, singular) pulling the fire alarm (participle, present) pulled the fire alarm (participle, past) pulled the fire alarm (past)

Questions

What does pull the fire alarm mean?
To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the lever on the fire alarm pull station.

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