split : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream
  

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Ear"-split`ting adjective

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1. Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.

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• noun payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral
  

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• adverb without delay
  lickety cut.
  
  • she tackled the job lickety-split

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• noun a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  reverse stock split; reverse split.
  

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• noun a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  reverse stock split; reverse split.
  

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• noun a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous
  

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• noun a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  reverse stock split; reverse split.
  

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• noun (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen
  

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• noun an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')
  

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• hulled pease split for making soup, etc.

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• noun a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge
  multiple personality.
  

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• (Mach.), a pin with one end split so that it may be spread open to secure it in its place.

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• a parting pulley. See under Pulley.

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• noun a rail that is split from a log
  fence rail.
  

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• a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be strung upon the ring or removed from it.

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• noun a print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed to produce a different edition
  

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• noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
  instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; New York minute; twinkling; jiffy; heartbeat; trice.
  
  • if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash

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• noun a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between
  

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• noun a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party
  

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• a ballot containing the names of only a portion of the candidates regularly nominated by one party, other names being substituted for those omitted. U.S.

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• noun an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  split up; split.
  
  • they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
• verb get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
  divorce.
  
  • The couple divorced after only 6 months
• verb separate into parts or portions
  divide; separate; split; carve up; dissever.
  
  • divide the cake into three equal parts
  • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
• verb discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  break; break up; separate; part; split.
  
  • The business partners broke over a tax question
  • The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
  • My friend and I split up
• verb become separated into pieces or fragments
  break; fall apart; come apart; separate.
  
  • The figurine broke
  • The freshly baked loaf fell apart

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• noun brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted
  

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• noun a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test
  chance-half correlation.
  

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• noun dried hulled pea; used in soup
  

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• noun made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery
  

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Split"-tail` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family. (b) The pintail duck.

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Split"-tongued` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.

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• noun an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  split up; split.
  
  • they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock

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• to make distinctions of useless nicety.

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• to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.

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• noun making too fine distinctions of little importance
  hairsplitting.
  
  • they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously

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