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splits

The correct spelling is splits.

How to pronounce splits

noun

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The correct spelling is splits. A crack or longitudinal fissure. For example: "He’s got a nasty split."

Usage Examples

He’s got a nasty split.

In the 3000 m race, his 800 m split was 1:45.32

He has split his lip.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A crack or longitudinal fissure.
  2. 2.A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
  3. 3.A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
  4. 4.(leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
  5. 5.(cheerleading, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.

verb

  1. 1.Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
  2. 2.Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
  3. 3.To share; to divide.
  4. 4.To leave.
  5. 5.(of a couple) To separate.

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