Noun hyphen has 1 sense
  1. hyphen, dash - a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
    --1 is a kind of punctuation, punctuation mark
    Derived forms: verb hyphenate1, verb hyphen1
,Verb hyphen has 1 sense
  1. hyphenate, hyphen - divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"
    --1 is one way to spell, write
    Derived form: noun hyphen1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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