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
I'd be the calf slicer, baby, that Peruvian necktie, the banana split, the hard scarf.
- 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 company change that gives each owner more shares without changing total value
- 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 action that combines its shares so each is worth more but the total value stays the same
- 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
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
How Rich
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.