splitter
[verb]
Synonyms: shatter, burst, fragment, pash, rive, shiver, smash, smatter, splinter, splinterize

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splitter noun. ['splɪtǝ] E17.
[from SPLIT verb + -ER¹.]
1. A person who splits; spec. (a) a person employed in splitting fish; (b) Austral. a person whose occupation is cutting timber to make posts, rails, etc. E17.
b. A person (esp. a taxonomist) who attaches importance to differences rather than similarities in classification or analysis and so favours subdivision. Cf. LUMPER noun 3. L19.

2. A machine, instrument, etc., which splits something; spec. (a) an auxiliary set of gears that provides a set of ratios between those of the main gearbox; (b) a device for sending a received electric current or signal along two or more routes. M19.

3. A splitting headache. colloq. M19.

4. A first-rate hunt. Hunting slang. Now rare. M19.

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splitter verb intrans. ['splɪtǝ] rare. M19.
[from SPLIT verb + -ER⁵, or German splittern.]
Break into fragments.

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