splitting

[split-ing]

adjective

1. being split or causing something to split.

2. violent or severe, as a headache.

3. very fast or rapid.

noun

1. Usually splittings. a part or fragment that has been split off from something.

   Some cavemen made their smaller tools from the splittings of stone.

splitting

/ ˈsplɪtɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a headache) intolerably painful; acute

2. (of the head) assailed by an overpowering unbearable pain

noun

1. psychoanal the Freudian defence mechanism in which an object or idea (or, alternatively, the ego) is separated into two or more parts in order to remove its threatening meaning

Other Word Forms

• antisplitting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of splitting¹

First recorded in 1585–95; split + -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Season four's finale involved the gang splitting up to bring down Vecna.

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And so we observe the Audi brand now splitting into three distinct product sensibilities.

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The British singer and his band trade instruments with a sense of ease — splitting their time among a cello, keyboards, synthesizers, a drum machine, electric and acoustic guitars.

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First it was widespread damage from accelerating land movement in early 2024: roads and homes splitting, cracking and dropping, some beyond repair.

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Siblings who had no problem splitting up houses and investment accounts can get down and dirty about photo albums.

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Related Words

• breakdown 
• disintegration 
• dissolution 
• divorce 
• separation 
• split 
• termination