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How to pronounce “splinter”
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Pronunciation guide for splinter
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of splinter with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Carny: Americana on the Midway
where ride jocks, not splinter heads.
- Definition summary
- A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce splinter
Carny: Americana on the Midway

where ride jocks, not splinter heads.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “splinter”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
- A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
- (bridge) A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
- (linguistics) A fragment of a component word in a blend.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.
- (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
- (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
- (transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
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