technical <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>, just hasn't made for gripping headlines. tedious details <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span> (third-person singular simple present splits <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>, present...
splitting <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span> <span class="searchmatch">hair</span>-splittings, hairsplittings...
splits <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>...
possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a <span class="searchmatch">hair</span> into two pieces and distinguish them). hairsplitting <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>...
From the gerund form of <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>. <span class="searchmatch">hair</span>-splittingly (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">hair</span>-splittingly, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">hair</span>-splittingly) (idiomatic) With exceedingly...
The act of considering or arguing about fine details, or worrying about minutiae. hairsplitting present participle and gerund of hairsplit <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>...
halkoa hiuksia (idiomatic) To <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>. See halkoa; hiuksia is in the plural number and partitive case....
en quatre (idiomatic) to split <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span> Ne coupe pas les cheveux en quatre. Tu sais où je veux en venir. Don't <span class="searchmatch">split</span> <span class="searchmatch">hairs</span>. You know what I'm getting at....
From <span class="searchmatch">split</span> + end. English Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">split</span> end Wikipedia <span class="searchmatch">split</span> end (plural <span class="searchmatch">split</span> ends) A <span class="searchmatch">hair</span> which has <span class="searchmatch">split</span> at the end, usually from...
See also: hairsplitter <span class="searchmatch">hair</span>-<span class="searchmatch">splitter</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">hair</span>-<span class="searchmatch">splitters</span>) Alternative form of hairsplitter....