1. A crack in a lip caused usually by cold.
2. A boy or man; SYN. fellow, lad, gent, fella, blighter, cuss.
3. (Usually in the plural) Leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs.
ETYM Old Eng. clift; cf. Swed. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. klöft, German kluft. Related to Cleave to split and cf. Clift, Clough.
A split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin).
1. A long narrow opening; SYN. cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure.
2. A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something; SYN. check, chip.
3. A usually brief attempt; SYN. fling, go, pass, whirl, offer.
4. A sudden sharp noise; SYN. cracking.
5. A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted.
ETYM Latin fissura, from findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to Eng. bite: cf. French fissure.
(Anatomy) A long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes.
(Homonym: fisher).
ETYM Written also reft.
1. A gap between cloud masses.
2. A narrow fissure in rock.
ETYM Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to Eng. corb. Related to Ripier.
1. A stretch of turbulent water in the sea; SYN. riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent.
2. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; SYN. rent, split, tear.
ETYM Latin ruptura, from rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. French rupture. Related to Reave, Rout a defeat.
In medicine, another name for hernia.
1. A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); SYN. breach, break, severance, rift, falling out.
2. State of being torn or burst open.
3. The act of making a sudden noisy break.
1. A lengthwise crack in some substance, such as wood
2. A promised or claimed share of loot or money
3. An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; SYN. stock split, split up.
4. (Tenpin bowling) A divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
5. Extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back).
6. A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts.
7. A bottle containing half the usual amount.
ETYM as. teár; akin to German zärhe, Old High Germ. zahar, OFries. and Icel. târ, Swed. tar, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr, OIr. dęr, w. dagr, Ow. dacr, Latin lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Greek dakry, dakryon, dakryma. Related to Lachrymose.
(Homonym: tare) (Homonym: tier).
1. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; SYN. teardrop.
2. The act of tearing.
1. (slang) Being under the influence of alcohol or drugs; high, stoned
2. Having high muscle definition