shotgun

How many syllables in shotgun?

  2 syllables

Divide shotgun into syllables:   shot-gun
Primary syllable stress:   shot-gun
Secondary syllable stress:   shot-gun
How to pronounce shotgun:   shot-guhn
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What rhymes with shotgun

2 syllables
  • air gun
  • blowgun
  • burp gun
  • Chaplin
  • earned run
  • finespun
  • flashgun
  • godson
  • handgun
  • have done
  • home run
  • inrun
  • milk run
  • outrun
  • pressrun
  • sea-run
  • six-gun
  • spray gun
  • stepson
  • top gun
  • V-1
  • zip gun
  • big gun
  • Bull Run
  • chaconne
  • dry run
  • end run
  • first-run
  • forerun
  • grandson
  • hard-won
  • hired gun
  • homespun
  • long run
  • outgun
  • popgun
  • rerun
  • short run
  • speargun
  • squirt gun
  • stun gun
  • undone
  • well-done
3 syllables
  • Xiamen
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