hoopoe

Questions about hoopoe

What does hoopoe mean?

hoopoe means "any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill".

How many syllables are in hoopoe?

hoopoe has 2 syllables: hoo-poe. The stress falls on "hoo". In IPA it is /ˈhuˌpu/.

What is another word for hoopoe?

Close synonyms include hoopoo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hoopoe a common word?

hoopoe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hoopoe?

2 words rhyme with hoopoe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.