Should Gift Wrap Be Hyphenated?

Should Gift Wrap Be Hyphenated?

Adjective + Noun and Noun + Verb
Compound verbs comprised of an adjective and a noun, or a noun and a verb, are usually hyphenated: to cold-shoulder, to gift-wrap, to baby-sit. ... The watch was beautifully gift-wrapped by the shop person, at no extra charge.

Is gift wrap hyphenated?

Some nouns aren't listed, like the paper we call gift wrap. In those cases, you can just combine two words, usually without a hyphen: gift wrap.

Is gift wrap one word or two?

or gift·wrap

verb (used with object), gift-wrapped or gift-wrapt, gift-wrap·ping. to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.

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