splitter
/ˈsplɪtə
/noun
1A person or thing occupied in or designed for splitting something: a log splitter...
- When it came time to test its first mango splitter, OXO identified the most common varieties of mango sold in the United States and designed the splitter accordingly.
- Malone Engineering currently produces post drivers, toppers, log splitters, power-type transport boxes in a range of sizes.
- He had two or three chain saws and even a log splitter hooked up to the back of his tractor.
2A person, especially a taxonomist, who attaches more importance to differences than to similarities in classification. Contrasted with lumper.Charles Darwin divided taxonomists into lumpers and splitters....
- One sometimes sees the difference between splitters and lumpers presented as one of taste and personality.
- And sometimes both versions co-exist (as with the splitters and the lumpers) and are found in different text books.
3 informal A severe headache.No sex tonight, honey; Ive got a real splitter....
- I've got a real splitter to show for it.
- And if you're a coffee drinker during the week, don't stop drinking it on weekends or you'll risk a real head splitter.
