Associations to the word «Splitting»
Wiktionary
SPLITTING, noun. An instance where something splits.
SPLITTING, noun. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
SPLITTING, noun. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.
SPLITTING, adjective. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
SPLITTING, adjective. Severe.
SPLITTING, verb. Present participle of split
SPLITTING HAIRS, verb. Present participle of split hairs
Dictionary definition
SPLITTING, adjective. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.