Syllable..?

Ok I'm about to make myself sound like a major retard here. But I've been reading some stuff here on the forums and I thought I knew what a syllable was, but just realized I have no clue what so ever, or people have just ignored the "rules" in a few "challanges", can anyone enlighten me? Lol

Don't hate me because I'm stupid, love me because I'm cute:)

well i'll give you some example bcoz im not sure how to explain it. except to say its how many beats there are in a word.

cow has 1 syllable
chimney has 2....chim/ney
horrible has 3.... ho/rri/ble

hope it help you a little bit. let me know. x

Thanks alot, I know what it is, just didn't know it was called syllable:) But now I know, thanks again for your help:)

its ok, good luck with your poems x

Thanks alot and the same to you:)