splitter
See also: Splitter
English
Etymology
split + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)
Noun
splitter (plural splitters)
- A person or a thing that splits.
- 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.
- (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.
Synonyms
- (GUI): sash
Antonyms
- (one who prefers to split categories): lumper
Derived terms
- splitter bus
Anagrams
- Spittler, pretilts, triplets
Danish
Verb
splitter
- present of splitte
German
Verb
splitter
- First-person singular present of splittern.
- Imperative singular of splittern.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (inseparable in both languages)
Adverb
splitter
- completely, entirely
- splitter naken - stark naked. starkers (UK)
- splitter ny - brand new
Noun
splitter m
- indefinite plural of splitt
Verb
splitter
- present of splitte
References
- “splitter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (used in compound form in both languages)
Adverb
splitter
- completely, entirely
- splitter naken - stark naked. starkers (UK)
- splitter ny - brand new
References
- “splitter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.