splitter

noun

split·​ter ˈspli-tər How to pronounce splitter (audio)
1
: one that splits
2
: one who classifies organisms into numerous named groups based on relatively minor variations or characters compare lumper
3

Examples of splitter in a Sentence

a three-way phone line splitter
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Combined with a vicious splitter, which is one of the best in the world right now, Sasaki has proved unstoppable at times. Jamie Barton, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025 The right-hander’s fastball and destructive splitter amounted to resume aplenty. Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 Sugano also throws a cutter, slider, splitter, sinker and curve. Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 The Yankees also added Fernando Cruz from the Cincinnati Reds in an under the radar deal shortly after their additions of Cody Bellinger and Max Fried and are adding someone known for a splitter and a high strikeout rate similar to Williams, who strikeout rate was 43.2 percent. Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for splitter 

Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of splitter was in 1623

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“Splitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/splitter. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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