peacock
nounHow many syllables in peacock?
There are 2 syllables in the word peacock.How to pronounce peacock:
Definition of peacock:
- peacock (noun):
- peafowl
- a man who is greatly concerned with his appearance
- male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots.
- a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail coverts which are mostly tipped with iridescent spots and are erected and spread in a shimmering fan usually as a courtship display
Synonyms for peacock:
beau
braggart
coxcomb
dandy
egotist
exhibitionist
fop
hot dog
inachis io
peacock butterfly
peafowl
popinjay
poser
poseur
show-off
spark
swaggerer
swashbuckler
swell
Antonyms for peacock:
face
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- loveth
- Xander
- warrant
- ribbet
- clippers
- Belen
- Beaufort
- tablet
- races
- perturbed
- yoyo
- twentieth
- rakish
- overt
- lotus
- lifted
- hemlock
- darby
- dissent
- shabby
- patting
- liken
- dispelled
- acted
- taxis
- plugged
- photon
- bidet
- Aman
- trapdoor
- portly
- perplex
- giddy
- adored
- Zulu
- Yoshi
- impure
- hormone
- syllabe
- mocking
- protects
- tavern
- smitten
- retrained
- parted
- holder
- exit
- frothy
- riddled
- ornate
- … more
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Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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