Meaning

3 senses

  1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.

    resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

  2. Very rapid.

    They moved at a splitting pace.

  3. Severely painful.

    I have a splitting headache.

Examples

42 sentences

  1. Tom and Mary are splitting up.

    ruТом с Мэри разбегаются. — sharptoothed

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  2. Tom spent all afternoon splitting firewood.

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  3. Tom woke up with a splitting hangover.

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  4. Tom is splitting firewood.

    deTom spaltet Feuerholz. — Augustus

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  5. I have a splitting headache.

    ruУ меня голова раскалывается. — sharptoothed

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Forms

more splitting, most splitting
Comparativemore splitting Lesson
Superlativemost splitting Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree:rendingripping

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
splinterC2splitB2splurgespoilB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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