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sidesplit en · NOUN

Etymology

From side + split.

Meanings

1. A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.
   • It hadn't been Quirk's childhood home, a spacious suburban sidesplit Ted had seen only after it had been sold and only from the outside. 2008, Mel Bradshaw, Victim Impact, page 72:
2. A split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso.
   • For example, it takes a young girl gymnast, as a rule, about a month to learn how to do the sidesplit. 1982, Culture and Life, page 44:

Forms

Coordinates

backsplit

Relateds

sidesplitting