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adjective
2.
violent or severe, as a headache.
3.
very fast or rapid.
noun
4.
Usually, splittings. a part or fragment that has been split off from something: Some cavemen made their smaller tools from the splittings of stone.
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Splitting
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
2.
to separate by cutting, chopping, etc., usually lengthwise: to split a piece from a block.
3.
to tear or break apart; rend or burst: The wind split the sail.
4.
to divide into distinct parts or portions (often followed by up): We split up our rations.
5.
EXPANDto separate (a part) by such division.
6.
to divide (persons) into different groups, factions, parties, etc., as by discord: to split a political party.
7.
to separate (a group, family, etc.) by such division.
8.
to cast (a ballot or vote) for candidates of more than one political party.
9.
to divide between two or more persons, groups, etc.; share: We split a bottle of wine.
10.
to separate into parts by interposing something: to split an infinitive.
11.
Physics, Chemistry. to divide (molecules or atoms) by cleavage into smaller parts.
12.
to issue additional shares of (stock) without charge to existing stockholders, thereby dividing their interest into a larger number of shares and reducing the price per share.
13.
COLLAPSESlang. leave; depart from: Let's split this scene.
verb (used without object)
14.
to divide, break, or part lengthwise: The board split in half.
15.
to part, divide, or separate in any way (often followed by up): The group of children split up into two teams. We'll split up here and meet later.
16.
to break asunder, as a ship by striking on a rock.
17.
to become separated, as a piece or part from a whole.
18.
EXPANDto part or separate, as through disagreement; sever relations: They split up after a year of marriage. He split with the company after a policy dispute.
19.
to divide or share something with another or others; apportion.
20.
COLLAPSESlang. to leave; depart.
noun
21.
the act of splitting.
22.
a crack, tear, or fissure caused by splitting.
23.
a piece or part separated by or as by splitting.
24.
a breach or rupture, as between persons, in a party or organization, etc.
25.
EXPANDa faction, party, etc., formed by a rupture or schism.
26.
an ice-cream dish made from sliced fruit, usually a banana, and ice cream, and covered with syrup and nuts.
27.
Also called, especially British, nip. a bottle for wine or, sometimes, another beverage, containing from 6 to 61/2 ounces (170 to 184 grams).
28.
a bottle, as of soda, liquor, etc., which is half the usual size.
29.
a strip split from an osier, used in basketmaking.
30.
Masonry. a brick of normal length and breadth but of half normal thickness, used to give level support to a course of bricks laid over one not level.
31.
Often, splits. the feat of separating the legs while sinking to the floor, until they extend at right angles to the body, as in stage performances or gymnastics.
32.
Bowling. an arrangement of the pins remaining after the first bowl in two separated groups, so that a spare is difficult.
33.
Philately. bisect (def. 5).
34.
one of the layers of leather into which a skin is cut.
35.
COLLAPSEthe act of splitting a stock.
adjective
Idioms36.
that has undergone splitting; parted lengthwise; cleft.
37.
disunited; divided: a split opinion.
38.
(of a stock quotation) given in sixteenths instead of eighths of a point.
39.
(of a stock) having undergone a split.
40.
split hairs. hair (def. 11).
41.
split the difference. difference (def. 13).
Origin:
1570–80; 1950–55 for def. 13; < Dutch splitten; akin to splijten, German spleissen to split
1570–80; 1950–55 for def. 13; < Dutch splitten; akin to splijten, German spleissen to split
Related forms
split·ta·ble, adjective
pre·split, adjective
un·split, adjective
un·split·ta·ble, adjective
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Word Origin & History
split
1590, from M.Du. splitten, from P.Gmc. *spl(e)it- (cf. Dan., Fris. splitte, O.Fris. splita, Ger. spleißen "to split"), from PIE *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint). Meaning "leave, depart" first recorded 1954, U.S. slang. Of couples, "to separate, divorce" from
EXPAND1942. To split the difference is from 1715; to 'split (one's) ticket in the U.S. political sense is attested from 1842. The acrobatic feat first so called in 1861. Meaning "sweet dish of sliced fruit with ice cream" is attested from 1920, Amer.Eng. Splitting image "exact likeness" is from 1880. Split screen is from 1953; split shift is from 1955; split personality first attested 1919. Split-level as a type of building plan is recorded from 1952. Split-second first attested 1884, in ref. to a type of stopwatch with two second hands that could be stopped independently; adj. meaning "occurring in a fraction of a second" is from 1946.
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Medical Dictionary
split (splĭt)
v. split, split·ting, splits
To divide from end to end or along the grain by or as if by a sharp blow; tear.
To break, burst, or rip apart with force; rend.
To separate; disunite.
To break apart or divide a chemical compound into simpler constituents.
splitting split·ting (splĭt'ĭng)
n.
The chemical change in which a covalent bond in a molecule is cleaved, producing two or more simpler fragments.
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