Hyphenation of puppet

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

pup-pet

Definitions of puppet:

1.	A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
2.	A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
3.	A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body Intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers

Synonyms of puppet:

noun	marionette, figure
noun	creature, tool, slave
noun	doll, dolly

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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.