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tugboat

How many syllables in tugboat?

  2 syllables

Divide tugboat into syllables:   tug-boat
Primary syllable stress:   tug-boat
Secondary syllable stress:   tug-boat
How to pronounce tugboat:   tuhg-boht
How to say tugboat:

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