splitter

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English

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Etymology

split +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

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

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Splitter (“splinter”).

Adverb

splitter (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

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

References

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