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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
      last edited by admin

      A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a linewhich terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which iscarried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compoundword; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used toseparate the syllables of words.

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        Hyphen meaning & definition 1 of Hyphen.

      • Sarahundefined
        Sarah
        last edited by admin

        A symbol.

        Separates many parts of speech--
        a very useful part-of-speech symbol.

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          Hyphen meaning & definition 2 of Hyphen.

        • Sarahundefined
          Sarah
          last edited by

          A horizontal chop motion done with one's hand or fingers at another person's throat, with just enough force to interrupt their speech, but not necessarily injure them. The result may make the recipient cough or have to swallow, but definitely halts immediate speech. Often, the word hyphen is said as the blow is delivered.

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            Hyphen meaning & definition 3 of Hyphen.

          • Sarahundefined
            Sarah
            last edited by

            a short line, supposedly symbolizing a break in a sentence.
            has nothing to do with the words hype or hyphy.

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              Hyphen meaning & definition 4 of Hyphen.

            • Sarahundefined
              Sarah
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              A type of dance which involves a juking or grinding move while holding your hand up high and the other hand smacking the buttocks

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                Hyphen meaning & definition 5 of Hyphen.

              • Sarahundefined
                Sarah
                last edited by

                Spontaneously breaking into a dance for no reason while walking down the street.

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                  Hyphen meaning & definition 6 of Hyphen.

                • Sarahundefined
                  Sarah
                  last edited by

                  A nickname for the legendary Gyles!!! (would add surname but i hear thats not allowed)Its abbreviation, Hyph is a synonym of hightop, the short back and sides hair cut from the 80's memorably sported by the likes of Will Smith, Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr.

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                    Hyphen meaning & definition 7 of Hyphen.

                  • Sarahundefined
                    Sarah
                    last edited by

                    the cherry in a girl or the piece of skin that breaks the first time she has sex

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                      Hyphen meaning & definition 8 of Hyphen.

                    • Beckyundefined
                      Becky
                      last edited by

                      The widely popular cult group in the Media [History class]. [The cult] was formed to obtain [sanity] while attending class.

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                        Hyphen meaning & definition 9 of Hyphen.

                      • Jessicaundefined
                        Jessica
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                        the symbol -, used to join two words together, or to show that a word has been divided into two parts at the end of one line and the beginning of the next:

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                          Hyphen meaning & definition 10 of Hyphen.

                        • PussyCatundefined
                          PussyCat
                          last edited by admin

                          The sign -, used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence (as in pick-me-up, rock-forming), to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line, or to indicate a missing or implied element (as in short- and long-term).

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                            Hyphen meaning & definition 11 of Hyphen.

                          • Soniaundefined
                            Sonia
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                            [Something] I did to [your mum]

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                              Hyphen meaning & definition 12 of Hyphen.

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