Splitting

Full definition of splitting

Noun

1. An instance where something splits.
2. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
• 2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin 2008, p. 308:In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.
3. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.

Adjective

1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
2. Severe.I have a splitting headache.

Verb

1. Present participle of split