Hyphenation of stifles

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

sti-fles

Definitions of stifles:

1.	Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped Corresponds to the human knee
2.	Conceal or hide Smother a yawn Muffle one's anger Strangle a yawn
3.	Smother or suppress Stifle your curiosity
4.	Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
5.	Be asphyxiated Die from lack of oxygen The child suffocated under the pillow

Last hyphenations of this language

adding instructor Petracca Proficiency boathead mosur Cinchonero Pontic catacromyodian lrbm handclasps chaises gonangia existence achorn moneyman wampum introspection hyperflexibleness

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.