Splinter is defined as to break into smaller parts, or split into thin sharp pieces.
(verb)An example of splinter is for wood to split off in thin pieces from a board.
The definition of a splinter is a sharp thin piece that's been split or broken off of something, or a group that has broken off from another group.
(noun)Splinter means a group that splits off from a main group.
(adjective)An example of a splinter group would be a group of people who break off from a church denomination because of the denomination's position on gay marriage.
See splinter in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Origin: ME < MDu, akin to splinte, splint
noun
adjective
See splinter in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Middle Dutch
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