hoopoo

Questions about hoopoo

What does hoopoo mean?

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

How many syllables are in hoopoo?

hoopoo has 2 syllables and divides as hoo-poo under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hoopoo?

Close synonyms include hoopoe. 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 hoopoo a common word?

hoopoo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.