Hyphenation of punning

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

pun-ning

Definitions of punning:

1.	A humorous play on words I do it for the pun of it His constant punning irritated her
2.	Make a play on words Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning

Synonyms of punning:

noun	pun, wordplay, paronomasia, fun, play, sport

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.