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audible

/ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/ noun C2
  1. 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.

Plural audibles

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Then aside to Marilla in an audible whisper, “There wasn’t anything startling in that, was there, Marilla?”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 82 · C1
In vain did Elizabeth endeavour to check the rapidity of her mother’s words, or persuade her to describe her felicity in a less audible whisper; for to her inexpressible vexation she could perceive that the chief of it was overheard by Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 114 · B2
“What on earth is this?” I cried, for at this moment there came the pattering of many steps in the hall and on the stairs, accompanied by audible expressions of disgust upon the part of our landlady.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 56 · B2
Then suddenly another sound became audible—a very gentle, soothing sound, like that of a small jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 65 · B2

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