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
Sure, the park draws scores of tourists and drunk goofballs from April through September, but hard-core baseball fans are packing the park and hanging on every Pat Hughes enunciated syllable.
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Groups of swamp sparrows appear to use the same song syllables for centuries.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
It’s been replaced by a soothing purr where nearly every syllable is clear.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Every few seconds of the album, some new provocation hits the ear: Maybe the beat switches, or Carti’s collaborator DJ Swamp Izzo shouts his own name, or a verse stops a few syllables earlier than expected.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Groups of swamp sparrows appear to use the same song syllables for centuries.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
It’s been replaced by a soothing purr where nearly every syllable is clear.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Every few seconds of the album, some new provocation hits the ear: Maybe the beat switches, or Carti’s collaborator DJ Swamp Izzo shouts his own name, or a verse stops a few syllables earlier than expected.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllable
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Since the death of Tom Petty meant an end to his primary job in 2017, Tench has still been visible in the background as a member of the house band in practically any tribute show that’s worth a damn.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Continue reading … 'STEELE' THE SHOW – MSNBC host demands Democrats start giving a ‘damn’ about Trump, Musk in fiery rant.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
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The comments are a hoot Fire and Braids named The Republic's best tamale in metro Phoenix.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Dec. 2024
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Our driver, Stu, was a hoot and snuck in a couple of impromptu stops at Baldwin Street, the world’s steepest street, and the historic Dunedin Railway Station, an architectural landmark considered to be the most photographed building in New Zealand.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Stuff like the marching band doesn’t make a lick of sense.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
25 Mar. 2025
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Couldn’t find the country on a map, couldn’t speak a lick of Japanese.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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The show also begged us to care one whit about Nick’s secret romance with… Jessica’s sister!!!—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Mar. 2025
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The lack of logic Trump’s fun-house version of justice may not matter a whit to voters, or alter even slightly their perceptions of the two major parties.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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By finally publishing it in the party’s flagship journal, the inference is that none of the intervening turmoil has made China’s leadership alter course one iota.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
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As anyone who’s watched an iota of sports programming over the past few years can attest, the betting business doesn’t traffic in subtlety.—
Sean Gregory / Boston,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Syllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllable. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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