audible
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[edit] English
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- IPA: /ɔədibl̩/
[edit] Adjective
audible (comparative more audible, superlative most audible)
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- Able to be heard.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
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being able to be heard
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[edit] Verb
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to audible (third-person singular simple present audibles, present participle audibling, simple past and past participle audibled)
- (intransitive, American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
- The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.
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audible (plural audibles)
- (American football) The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
- The audible changed the play to a run.

