stickinthemud
The phrase 'stick-in-the-mud' is a compound noun with four syllables (stick-in-the-mud). Stress falls on 'stick' and 'mud'. Syllabification follows standard English rules for multi-word expressions and syllable structure.
Definitions
- 1
A person who is very conservative or old-fashioned and unwilling to accept change.
“He's a bit of a stick-in-the-mud, always complaining about new technology.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the first syllable of 'stick' and the last syllable of 'mud'.
Syllables
stick — Closed syllable, stressed.. in — Open syllable, unstressed.. the — Open syllable, unstressed.. mud — Closed syllable, stressed.
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Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (VCC) Rule
Division before consonant clusters (e.g., 'ck' in 'stick').
Vowel-Consonant (VC) Rule
Division after the vowel in simple syllables (e.g., 'in', 'the', 'mud').
Phrasal Syllabification
Treating the phrase as a sequence of individual words.
- Regional variations in pronunciation (rhoticity) may affect phonetic realization but not syllable division.
- The phrase is a fixed idiom.
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