splitter

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.

Anagrams

• Spittler, pretilts, triplets

Verb

splitter

1. present tense of splitte

Verb

splitter

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

Etymology 1

From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (inseparable in both languages)

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

References

• “splitter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• “splitter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.