adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a splitting headache (= a very bad headache )
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The next day he woke up with a splitting headache.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up.
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Then the crack of splitting wood, and the silence across the river shot out of the dark.
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We passed a gaunt-looking man with splitting boots and a battered overcoat fastened with a string.