Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make fine distinctions concerning.

  2. (intransitive)To split hairs.

Origin

From hair + split; see split hairs.

From hair + split; see split hairs.

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Forms

hairsplits, hairsplitting, hairsplit, hairsplit
Base formhairsplit · to hairsplit
3rd person singularhairsplits
Present participlehairsplitting
Past simplehairsplit
Past participlehairsplit

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhairsplit
he, she, ithairsplits

Past simpleLesson

all personshairsplit

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hairsplit
he, she, ithas hairsplit

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hairsplit

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhairsplitter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hairlesshairlinehairpinhairstylehairyB2hajj
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