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splits

/splɪts/
Visual illustration of splits: (cheerleading, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
noun

(cheerleading, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.

Visual illustration of splits: A split-finger fastball.
noun

A split-finger fastball.

"He’s got a nasty split."

Visual illustration of splits: A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
noun

A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.

Visual illustration of splits: Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
verb

Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.