kebab-case

A form of kebab case — The practice of writing identifiers using hyphens to separate words.

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nounkebab-case (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of kebab case.

    Use camelCase or “kebab-case” when using object syntax, as seen in the following example: […]

    2022, Sufyan bin Uzayr, editor, Mastering Vue.js: A Beginner’s Guide, CRC Press, →ISBN
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    You have probably noticed that while we declare variables describing components in CamelCase (var HelloComponent=Vue.extend({...})), we name them in kebab-case: Vue.component('hello-component', {...}).

    2016, Olga Filipova, Learning Vue.js 2, Packt, →ISBN, page 95

    The HTML view and JavaScript files are named using kebab-case, for example, book-list.html, where the name is made up of lower-case words separated by a hyphen.

    2018, Sean Hunter, Aurelia in Action, Manning Publications, →ISBN
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APA

kebab-case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kebab-case

MLA

“kebab-case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kebab-case. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kebab-case,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kebab-case.

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