Hyphenation of looking

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

look-ing

Definitions of looking:

1.	The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually He went out to have a look His look was fixed on her eyes He gave it a good looking at His camera does his looking for him
2.	The act of searching visually
3.	Appearing to be as specified Usually used as combining forms Left their clothes dirty looking A most disagreeable looking character Angry-looking Liquid-looking Severe-looking policemen on noble horses Fine-sounding phrases Taken in by high-sounding talk

Synonyms of looking:

adj	sounding, superficial
noun	look, looking at, sensing, perception
noun	looking for, search, hunt, hunting

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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.