Hyphenation of skunk

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

skunk

Definitions of skunk:

1.	A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible Only a rotter would do that Kill the rat Throw the bum out You cowardly little pukes! The British call a contemptible person a `git'
2.	A defeat in a game where one side fails to score
3.	Street names for marijuana
4.	American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled In some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
5.	Defeat by a lurch

Synonyms of skunk:

noun	rotter, dirty dog, rat, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git, unpleasant person, disagreeable person
noun	shutout, defeat, licking
noun	pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, locoweed, Mary Jane, cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja
noun	polecat, wood pussy, musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
verb	lurch, get the better of, overcome, defeat

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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.