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splinter n. 1 sliver, fragment, piece; scrap, shard, shred, chip: A
splinter of glass is stuck in my finger.
--v. 2 shatter, break, fragment, split, disintegrate, smash to
smithereens: The lamp hit the floor and splintered into a
million pieces.
split v. 1 Often, split up or apart. divide, separate, cleave, cut or
chop apart, cut or chop in two, pull or tear apart, rend, break
or snap apart or in two, break up, come apart, rupture,
partition, detach, become detached; bisect, dichotomize: He
split the log with one blow of his axe. The ship split apart on
the reef. The party may split on the tax issue. 2 Often, split
up. divorce, separate, go separate ways, break up, part company:
After 30 years, the Hitchcocks have decided to split up. 3
Often, split up. branch, fork, diverge, separate: The road
splits to pass round the pond. 4 Often, split up. divide (up),
apportion, deal out, dole out, distribute, allot, share or
parcel out, carve up: Why don't we split the dinner bill five
ways? 5 burst, crack or break up, fall apart or about, Slang
bust: I laughed so much I thought I'd split! 6 leave, depart,
go, Slang take a (run-out) powder, take it on the lam, beat it,
scram, skedaddle: When they heard the sirens of the police
cars, they split.
--n. 7 crack, cleft, fissure, chink, cranny, slit, slot,
crevice, groove, furrow, channel, sulcus; gap, hiatus, lacuna,
opening, separation, division, chasm; rift, break, rupture,
fracture; slash, gash, tear, rip, rent: The edges of the
tectonic plates mark splits in the earth's crust. Pressure
caused the splits in these plaster columns. I had to borrow a
tablecloth to cover up the split in my trousers. 8 division,
dichotomy, schism, breach, rupture, partition, disunion,
discord; break, separation: Don't you think that the issue will
cause a split within the party?
--adj. 9 divided, separated; halved, bisected, cleft; cut,
broken, fractured: The result was a split vote along party
lines. Their first containers were of split bamboo.
splurge n. 1 display, show, ostentatiousness, extravagance, indulgence,
access, splash, burst, outburst, spree: In his final splurge he
bet everything on the number 14.