Split

Split Split, n. 1. A crack, rent, or longitudinal fissure. [1913 Webster]

2. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

3. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. [1913 Webster]

4. Specif: (Leather Manuf.), One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses. [1913 Webster]

5. (Faro) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn. [1913 Webster]

6. (a) (Basketwork) Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; -- usually in pl. (b) (Weaving) Any of the dents of a reed. (c) Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7. Short for {Split shot} or {split stroke}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

8. (Gymnastics) The feat of going down to the floor so that the legs extend in a straight line, either with one on each side or with one in front and the other behind. [Cant or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9. A small bottle (containing about half a pint) of some drink; -- so called as containing half the quantity of the customary smaller commercial size of bottle; also, a drink of half the usual quantity; a half glass. [Cant or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

10. (Finance) The substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as, a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split. [PJC]

11. (Blackjack) The division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player who chooses to split is obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created. See {split}[6], v.i. [PJC]