ring-around-a-rosy

1. 1.

   a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat

   Synonymsring-around-the-rosyring-a-rosy

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Questions about ring-around-a-rosy

What does ring-around-a-rosy mean?

ring-around-a-rosy means "a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat".

How many syllables are in ring-around-a-rosy?

ring-around-a-rosy has 6 syllables and divides as rin-g-a-roun-d-a--ro-sy 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.