Phrase Hound found 166 phrases and 51 compound words that contain split. The most common are listed below. Open split in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 166
- split upCease to be together, break apart from the group.
- split-secondA stopwatch with two second hands, each of which may be stopped separately to time the intervals of a race by a sportsperson, or to time more than one sportsperson.
- split the differenceIn a financial transaction, to settle on an amount midway between the offer and the asking price.
- split the babyTo resolve a dispute in a way that is disadvantageous to both parties.
- split endA hair which has split at the end, usually from dryness or poor nutrition.
- split the breezeTo take up space, causing any breeze to move on either side.
- stock splitAn event wherein a company that has previously issued shares of stock increases the number of shares while reducing the value of each share accordingly.
- split hairsTedious details; minutiae.
- split keyA key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose.
- banana splitA dessert or sundae containing a banana cut in half lengthwise (split), ice cream and various toppings which may include sauces, nuts or fruit.
- split pinA metal fastener with two tines, the ends of which project through an object being fastened and are bent back to hold it in place.
- split-levelOf a building: built with rooms on levels separated by stairs of less than a full storey.
- split the blanketTo terminate a marriage or marriage-like relationship; to divorce or permanently separate.
- split the houseTo use the strategy of drawing to a different area of the house to prevent one's opponent from taking out both stones.
- Split LakeA lake in northern Manitoba, Canada.
- split peaAn agricultural or culinary preparation consisting of the dried, peeled, and split seeds of Pisum sativum, the pea.
- split decisionA decision that is not unanimous made by a panel of decision-makers, such as an appellate court.
- Split-DalmatiaA county of Croatia. County seat: Split.
- split a gutAlternative form of bust a gut (any sense)
- circuit splitIn United States federal courts, the situation where two or more circuit courts provide conflicting rulings on the same legal issue.
- split screenA display technique that consists of subdividing graphics that appear on a screen into adjacent areas or subwindows.
- split shotIn croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact.
- split ticketA ballot cast for candidates of more than one political party.
- split-ringA ring of metal wire looped almost twice about, as a keyring.
- reverse splitA process by which the stocks of a company are merged, resulting in a smaller number of more valuable shares.
Compound words 51
- unsplitNot split; whole, undivided.
- netsplitA technical glitch encountered when two or more IRC servers lose their connection to each other, dividing the network into a number of isolated groups of users.
- splitsvilleThe situation of breakup or divorce.
- missplitTo split incorrectly.
- hairsplitTo make fine distinctions concerning.
- splittismPolitical separatism, specifically the following of independent interests as opposed to central Communist party policy.
- offsplitTo split off; secede.
- splittistFavoring a split or separation from the Party or the nation.
- backsplitA split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation.
- sidesplitA split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.