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skims

How many syllables in skims?

  1 syllable

Divide skims into syllables:   skims
Syllable stress:   skims
How to say skims:

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What rhymes with skims

1 syllable
  • dims
  • hymns
  • nims
  • sims
  • swims
  • whims
  • gyms
  • limbs
  • rims
  • slims
  • trims
  • wim
2 syllables
  • simsim
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