English
splinter
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈsplɪntə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈsplɪntɚ/, [ˈsplɪɾ̃ɚ]
  • (Southern US) IPA: /ˈsplɪnɚ/
Noun

splinter (plural splinters)

  1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  2. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
  3. (bridge) A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
Synonyms Translations Translations Verb

splinter (splinters, present participle splintering; past and past participle splintered)

  1. (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
    The tall tree splintered during the storm.
  2. (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
    His third kick splintered the door.
    • After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.
  3. (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
    The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
    The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
  4. (transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
    • 1659, Matthew Wren, Monarchy Asserted Or The State of Monarchicall & Popular Government
      it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.
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