splitting headache

[ split-ing hed-eyk ]
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noun
  1. a severe pain felt in the head; an extremely bad headache: A few days into the low-carb diet I started to get a splitting headache.Unless you want a splitting headache, do not listen to the first track on the album.

Origin of splitting headache

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First recorded in 1810–20

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