Hyphenation of lam

Are you trying to hyphenate lam? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

lam

Definitions of lam:

1.	A rapid escape (as by criminals) The thieves made a clean getaway After the expose he had to take it on the lam
2.	Flee Take to one's heels Cut and run If you see this man
3.	Run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up
4.	Give a thrashing to Beat hard

Synonyms of lam:

noun	getaway, escape, flight
verb	run, scarper, turn tail, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away, leave, go forth, go away
verb	thrash, thresh, flail, beat, beat up, work over

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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.