splitter
See also: Splitter
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
splitter (plural splitters)
- A person or a thing that splits.
- A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
- A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
- (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
- (baseball) A split-finger fastball.
- (graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- (US) A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
- One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
- A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
Synonyms edit
- (GUI): sash
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "one who prefers to split categories"): lumper
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Danish edit
Verb edit
splitter
German edit
Verb edit
splitter
- inflection of splittern:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (inseparable in both languages).
Adverb edit
splitter
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
splitter m
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
splitter
References edit
- “splitter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (used in compound form in both languages).
Adverb edit
splitter
References edit
- “splitter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Splitter (“splinter”).
Adverb edit
splitter (not comparable)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
splitter n
Declension edit
Declension of splitter | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | splitter | splittret | splitter | splittren |
Genitive | splitters | splittrets | splitters | splittrens |
Derived terms edit
- bombsplitter
- glassplitter
- granatsplitter
- splitterbomb
- splitterfri
- splitterskada
- splitterskydd
- splittersäker
Related terms edit
References edit
- 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)