splitter

See also: Splitter

English

Etymology

split +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)

Noun

splitter (plural splitters)

  1. A person or a thing that splits.
  2. A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
  3. (colloquial) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
  4. (baseball) A split-finger fastball.
  5. (graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
  6. (US) A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
  7. One who splits hairs in argument, etc.

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (one who prefers to split categories): lumper

Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

splitter

  1. present of splitte

German

Verb

splitter

  1. First-person singular present of splittern.
  2. Imperative singular of splittern.

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

Noun

splitter m

  1. indefinite plural of splitt

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
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