hyphenate

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
2. 2
   to join words or syllables with a hyphen.

Noun

1. 1
   A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
2. 2
   A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".