splitter

See also: Splitter

English

Etymology

split +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsplɪtɚ/, [ˈsplɪɾɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

splitter (plural splitters)

1. A person or a thing that splits.
2. A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
3. A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
4. (colloquial) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.

   Hyponym: species-monger

5. (baseball) A split-finger fastball.
6. (graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
7. (US) A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
8. One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
9. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.

Synonyms

• (GUI): sash

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “one who prefers to split categories”): lumper

Derived terms

• beam splitter
• hair-splitter
• middle splitter
• splitter bus
• thumb splitter
• Y-splitter

 

Further reading

• “splitter”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “splitter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “splitter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “splitter”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• Spittler, pretilts, triplets

Danish

Verb

splitter

1. present of splitte

German

Verb

splitter

1. inflection of splittern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (inseparable in both languages).

Adverb

splitter

1. completely, entirely

   splitter naken ― stark naked, starkers (UK)

   splitter ny ― brand new

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

splitter m

1. indefinite plural of splitt

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

splitter

1. present of splitte

References

• “splitter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (used in compound form in both languages).

Adverb

splitter

1. completely, entirely

   splitter naken ― stark naked, starkers (UK)

   splitter ny ― brand new

References

• “splitter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Splitter (“splinter”).

Adverb

splitter (not comparable)

1. utterly, totally

   Synonym: sprillans

   splitter ny

   brand new

Derived terms

• splitt
• splitterny
• spritt

Noun

splitter n

1. shrapnel, shard

Declension

Declension of splitter
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	splitter	splittret	splitter	splittren
Genitive	splitters	splittrets	splitters	splittrens

Derived terms

• bombsplitter
• glassplitter
• granatsplitter
• splitterbomb
• splitterfri
• splitterskada
• splitterskydd
• splittersäker

Related terms

• splittra

References

• splitter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• splitter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• splitter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• splitter in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)