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yerk

How many syllables in yerk?

  1 syllable

Divide yerk into syllables:   yerk
Syllable stress:   yerk
How to pronounce yerk:   yurk
How to say yerk:

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What rhymes with yerk

1 syllable
  • burke
  • chirk
  • clerk
  • irk
  • kirk
  • murk
  • quirk
  • smirk
  • Turk
  • zerk
  • Burke
  • cirque
  • dirk
  • jerk
  • lurk
  • perk
  • shirk
  • stirk
  • work
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