Hyphenation of quarterback

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word quarterback? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

quar-ter-back

Definitions of quarterback:

1.	(football) the person who plays quarterback
2.	(American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team Quarterback is the most important position on the team
3.	Play the quarterback

Synonyms of quarterback:

noun	signal caller, field general, back
noun	signal caller, field general, back
verb	play

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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.