split
- noun
- /splɪt/
- In Laura's painting, the one that hangs above my desk, a man and a monkey are sitting at an ice cream parlor eating banana splits.
- a banana split
- order a banana split
- eat a banana split
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- I'd be the calf slicer, baby, that Peruvian necktie, the banana split, the hard scarf.
- The specifics outlined in the indictment are cuckoo banana splits.
Examples
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- How about a banana split?
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Hey, why don't we all go and share a nice banana split?
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Or maybe a banana split.
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I'll have the banana split.
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Laura is eating a banana split.
Fiction book (1992) -
I ordered a triple banana split.
Fiction book (1992) -
She also served up a banana split.
Blog text (34) -
Then I'd take her to Schrafft's for a banana split.
Fiction book (1999) -
If there's any room left, I'm headed straight to Cold Stone Creamery for a double fudge banana split.
Blog text (29) -
I'll have the split with chocolate and vanilla ice cream on top.
Synonyms
A dessert of a banana with scoops of ice cream, sauces, nuts, and whipped cream
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A mental problem when one person acts like two or more different people with different memories and behaviour
A boxing result where two judges choose one boxer and the third chooses the other
- Specialized
A change by a company that gives each owner more shares while keeping their total value the same
- Specialized
A phrase where a word like 'boldly' comes between to and a verb, as in 'to boldly go'
- Specialized
Reduce the number of a company's shares so each share is worth more without changing total investment value
- Specialized
A company change that gives each owner more shares without changing total value
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A company action that combines its shares so each is worth more but the total value stays the same
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
- Specialized
A surgery that cuts the connection between the two halves of the brain
- Specialized
A number that shows how similar scores are on two parts of a test
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Split here follows the simple meaning 'to cut apart', as in the famous banana split where a banana is cut lengthwise. A split dessert is remembered by that image of a banana opened up and covered with ice cream and toppings.