hellforleather
The word 'hell-for-leather' is a compound adverb syllabified into four syllables: hell-for-leath-er, with primary stress on 'leath'. Syllable division follows standard VC and syllabic consonant rules, with allowance for boundaries at compound junctions.
Definitions
- 1
With great speed and enthusiasm; recklessly.
“He drove hell-for-leather down the motorway.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('leath').
Syllables
hell — Open syllable, CVC structure.. for — Open syllable, VC structure.. leath — Open syllable, VC structure.. er — Syllabic consonant, schwa reduced.
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Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables are divided after a vowel when followed by a consonant.
Syllabic Consonant
A consonant can form a syllable if preceded by a vowel and no following vowel.
Compound Word Division
Syllable boundaries are permitted at the junctions of compound elements.
- The phrase is an idiom, influencing its fixed pronunciation.
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