Hyphenation of dogfight

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

dog-fight

Definitions of dogfight:

1.	A fiercely disputed contest Their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them A real dogfight for third place A prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract
2.	Disorderly fighting
3.	An aerial engagement between fighter planes
4.	A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
5.	Arrange for an illegal dogfight
6.	Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane

Synonyms of dogfight:

noun	contest, competition
noun	battle, conflict, fight, engagement
noun	fight, fighting, combat, scrap
verb	stage, bring about, arrange
verb	battle, combat

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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.