Meaning
1 sensesThe 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.
a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage
Examples
19 sentencesHe let out an audible sigh.
Ziri formed a barely audible sentence.
Karl was having weird audible hallucinations.
The music is audible from a distance.
deDie Musik ist schon von Weitem zu hören. — driini
Airplanes are audible long before they are visible.
deFlugzeuge hört man schon lange, bevor man sie sieht. — Manfredo
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to heaBorrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).
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