| split ticket | a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party |
schism
split | division of a group into opposing factions, another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy |
rent rip
split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something, he gave the envelope a vigorous rip |
| split | extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) |
split stock split
split up | an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity, they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock |
reverse split
reverse stock split
split down | a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
| split-brain technique | brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted |
| banana quit | any of several honeycreepers |
| banana boat | a ship designed to transport bananas |
| split | (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl, he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame |
split rail
fence rail | a rail that is split from a log |
split-half correlation
chance-half correlation | a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test, taken as an indication of the reliability of the test |
| split infinitive | an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go') |
| split decision | a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous |
| split-pea soup | made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery |
| split | a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts |
| banana split | a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream |
| banana bread | moist bread containing banana pulp |
| split-pea | dried hulled pea, used in soup |
banana peel
banana skin | the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded), he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell |
| banana | elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh |
| banana republic | a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas) |
| Split | an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea |
rip
rent
snag
split
tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart, there was a rip in his pants, she had snags in her stockings |
| split | a lengthwise crack in wood, he inserted the wedge into a split in the log |
kingpin
top banana bigwig | the most important person in a group or undertaking |
second fiddle
second banana | someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role |
| split end | (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen |
straight man
second banana | a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian |
| top banana | the leading comedian in a burlesque show |
Musaceae
family Musaceae
banana family | treelike tropical Asian herbs |
banana
banana tree | any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits |
dwarf banana
Musa acuminata | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit |
Japanese banana
Musa basjoo | Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan |
edible banana
Musa paradisiaca sapientum | widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit |
Abyssinian banana
Ethiopian banana
Ensete ventricosum
Musa ensete | large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots, sometimes placed in genus Musa |
banana passion fruit
Passiflora mollissima | cultivated for fruit |
| split | a promised or claimed share of loot or money, he demanded his split before they disbanded |
| split | a bottle containing half the usual amount |
split personality
multiple personality | a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge |
| banana oil | a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol, has the odor of bananas |
a blink of an eye
flash
heartbeat
instant jiffy
split second
trice
twinkling
wink
New York minute | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat), if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash |
| split run | a print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed to produce a different edition |
| split shift | a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between |
burst
split break open | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure, The bubble burst |
break
separate split up
fall apart come apart | become separated into pieces or fragments, The figurine broke, The freshly baked loaf fell apart |
cleave
split
rive | separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument, cleave the bone |
separate
part split | go one's own way, move apart, The friends separated after the party |
separate part
split up split
break d break up | discontinue an association or relation, go different ways, The business partners broke over a tax question, The couple separated after years of marriage, My friend and I split up |
divide
split split up separate dissever
carve up | separate into parts or portions, divide the cake into three equal parts, The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I |