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straitjacket

How many syllables in straitjacket?

  3 syllables

Divide straitjacket into syllables:   strait-jack-et
Primary syllable stress:   strait-jack-et
Secondary syllable stress:   strait-jack-et
How to pronounce straitjacket:   streyt-jak-it
How to say straitjacket:

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