Hyphenation of booby

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word booby? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of booby:

1.	An ignorant or foolish person
2.	Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both

Synonyms of booby:

noun	dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, pinhead, simpleton, simple
noun	gannet

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.