Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waits for the ball to drop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
wait-s -for the bal-l -to -drop
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does waits for the ball to drop mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of wait for the ball to drop

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