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balderdash

How many syllables in balderdash?

  3 syllables

Divide balderdash into syllables:   bal-der-dash
Stressed syllable in balderdash:   bal-der-dash
How to pronounce balderdash:   bawl-der-dash
How to say balderdash:

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Synonyms for balderdash


1 syllable
  • tripe
    2 syllables
    • claptrap
    • garbage
    • rubbish
    • drivel
    • nonsense
    • twaddle
    3 syllables
    • baloney
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      What rhymes with balderdash

      2 syllables
        3 syllables
        4 syllables
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