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splitter

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English

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Etymology

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From split +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
  10. (geometry) A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle that bisects the perimeter of the triangle.
    Coordinate term: cleaver

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Verb

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splitter

  1. present of splitte

German

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Verb

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splitter

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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

Adverb

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splitter

  1. completely, entirely
    splitter nakenstark naked, starkers (UK)
    splitter nybrand new

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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splitter m

  1. indefinite plural of splitt

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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splitter

  1. present of splitte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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splitter

  1. completely, entirely
    splitter nakenstark naked, starkers (UK)
    splitter nybrand new

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Splitter (splinter).

Adverb

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splitter (not comparable)

  1. utterly, totally
    Synonym: sprillans
    splitter ny
    brand new

Derived terms

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Noun

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splitter n

  1. shrapnel, shard

Declension

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