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shirky

How many syllables in shirky?

  2 syllables

Divide shirky into syllables:   shirk-y
Stressed syllable in shirky:   shirk-y
How to say shirky:

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What rhymes with shirky

1 syllable
  • birks
  • clerk's
  • dirks
  • jerks
  • lurks
  • quirks
  • smirks
  • work's
  • burkes
  • clerks
  • irks
  • kirks
  • perks
  • shirks
  • turks
  • works
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