Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waited for the ball to drop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
wait-ed -for the bal-l -to -drop
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of wait for the ball to drop

Questions

What does waited for the ball to drop mean?
simple past and past participle of wait for the ball to drop

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