Hyphenation of laps

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

laps

Definitions of laps:

1.	The upper side of the thighs of a seated person He picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap
2.	An area of control or responsibility The job fell right in my lap
3.	The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs His lap was covered with food stains
4.	A flap that lies over another part The lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches
5.	Movement once around a course He drove an extra lap just for insurance
6.	Touching with the tongue The dog's laps were warm and wet
7.	Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
8.	Pass the tongue over The dog licked her hand
9.	Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound The bubbles swoshed around in the glass The curtain swooshed open
10.	Take up with the tongue The cat lapped up the milk The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
11.	Wash or flow against The waves laved the shore

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.