as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
you're not making a syllable of sense
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Recent Examples of syllable
No middle name, no hyphen, no extraneous vowels, three syllables played on a drum.
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
In the end, there was nothing to worry about; the fans sang along to every syllable.
—Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
The rhythm of a sentence will accommodate a certain number of syllables.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
Lyricists, like cruciverbalists, have to arrange words within a restrictive space, aligning stress and syllable and rhyme.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
In the end, there was nothing to worry about; the fans sang along to every syllable.
—Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
The rhythm of a sentence will accommodate a certain number of syllables.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
Lyricists, like cruciverbalists, have to arrange words within a restrictive space, aligning stress and syllable and rhyme.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllable
Noun
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With Pres as the DJ, Gabe rips through damn-near all of Sortilège like a pro.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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But does anyone worth a damn really want to go to Madison right now?—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Why else show nubby fleece trousers with a coordinating striped jacket, which nobody needs but would be a hoot to wear?—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Every fashion photographer, model, chat-show host, and film director ends up here, on a perfect lick of beach, a short hop from the main drag of frisky boho Tulum.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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And all without a lick of spandex.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.—
Peter Kornbluh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Syllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllable. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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