Hyphen
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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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A symbol.
Separates many parts of speech--
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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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a short line, supposedly symbolizing a break in a sentence.
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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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Spontaneously breaking into a dance for no reason while walking down the street.
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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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the cherry in a girl or the piece of skin that breaks the first time she has sex
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The widely popular cult group in the Media [History class]. [The cult] was formed to obtain [sanity] while attending class.
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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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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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[Something] I did to [your mum]
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