Hyphenation of coughing

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

cough-ing

Definitions of coughing:

1.	A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages A common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

Synonyms of coughing:

noun	cough, exhalation, expiration, breathing out
noun	cough, symptom

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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.