Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waiting for the ball to drop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables
wait-ing -for the bal-l -to -drop
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of wait for the ball to drop

Questions

What does waiting for the ball to drop mean?
present participle and gerund of wait for the ball to drop

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