Hyphenation of dummy

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

dum-my

Definitions of dummy:

1.	A person who does not talk
2.	An ignorant or foolish person
3.	A figure representing the human form
4.	A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
5.	Make a dummy of Dummy up the books that are to be published
6.	Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function A dummy corporation

Synonyms of dummy:

adj	artificial, unreal
noun	silent person, mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
noun	dumbbell, dope, boob, booby, pinhead, simpleton, simple
noun	figure
noun	blank, blank shell, cartridge
verb	dummy up, produce, make, create

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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.