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cock-a-hoop

How many syllables in cock-a-hoop?

  3 syllables

Divide cock-a-hoop into syllables:   cock-a-hoop
Primary syllable stress:   cock-a-hoop
Secondary syllable stress:   cock-a-hoop
How to say cock-a-hoop:

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What rhymes with cock-a-hoop

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