a
: causing a piercing sensation
a splitting headache
b
: very fast or quick
… racing off at a splitting pace …—
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
c
: sidesplitting
a splitting laugh
Examples of splitting in a Sentence
the horse took off at a splitting gallop
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Grace Raynor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The purists were busy splitting hella hairs over the distinction between rap and real hip-hop.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Wahlstrom, 25, has 73 points in 236 career NHL regular-season games, having spent five years with the New York Islanders before splitting time last season between the Boston Bruins and their AHL affiliate in Providence.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
From splitting brunch bills to investing together, here’s how women are reshaping financial trust within friendships.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for splitting
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“Splitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splitting. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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