/split"ing/ , adj.
1. being split or causing something to split.
2. violent or severe, as a headache.
3. very fast or rapid.
n.
4. Usually, splittings . a part or fragment that has been split off from something: Some cavemen made their smaller tools from the splittings of stone.
[ 1585-95; SPLIT + -ING 2 , -ING 1 ]