Hyphenation of runner

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

run-ner

Definitions of runner:

1.	Someone who imports or exports without paying duties
2.	Someone who travels on foot by running
3.	A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents He sent a runner over with the contract
4.	A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
5.	A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
6.	A trained athlete who competes in foot races
7.	(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
8.	A long narrow carpet
9.	Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
10.	Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

Synonyms of runner:

noun	smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
noun	traveler, traveller
noun	messenger, courier
noun	base runner, ballplayer, baseball player
noun	stolon, offset, plant organ
noun	athlete, jock
noun	rug, carpet, carpeting
noun	device
noun	blue runner, Caranx crysos, jack

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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.