Hyphen

Quick meaning: Hyphen is a noun meaning (figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.

Meaning

(figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.
2. Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".
3. The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
4. Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

Example Sentences

Ax was now a Hollywood hyphenated man. An actor hyphen director hyphen writer.

He described himself as a poet-composer and actually said the word hyphen when he did so: "I'm a poet hyphen composer.

As the proud owner of my very own hyphen in a lovingly crafted surname, I have an especial soft spot for this most confusing of punctuation marks.

Tab has been kept on quite a number of members who rapturously applauded when that part of the message in which the hyphens were attacked was read by the President.

Word Forms

• hyphens
• hyphening
• hyphened

Synonyms for hyphen

Depending on context, synonyms include slash, cum, dash, hyphenate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hyphenate, dash, hyphenation, script, scenario, interface.

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