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barking

How many syllables in barking?

  2 syllables

Divide barking into syllables:   bar-king
How to pronounce barking:   bahr-king
How to say barking:

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What rhymes with barking

2 syllables
  • arcing
  • marking
  • sharking
  • harking
  • parking
3 syllables
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