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shrugging

How many syllables in shrugging?

  2 syllables

Divide shrugging into syllables:   shrug-ging
How to say shrugging:

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What rhymes with shrugging

2 syllables
  • bugging
  • drugging
  • lugging
  • plugging
  • snugging
  • chugging
  • hugging
  • mugging
  • slugging
  • snuggish
3 syllables
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