splits
Gymnast's floor stretch
Splits refers to a position where the legs extend in opposite directions, forming a straight line—a feat of flexibility in gymnastics, dance, and yoga: She dropped into the splits.
In bowling, a split is when remaining pins stand with a gap between them, making a spare difficult.
The splits can also mean a drink made by splitting a standard portion: banana splits, wine splits.
To do the splits is to perform the gymnastic position.
Held in reserve
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- laneDesignated travel strip
- frameSupporting outer structure
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
gutter · approach · ball · scoring · pickup · bedposts · conversion · leave
Crack or estrangement
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
parting · dissolution · disunion · factionalism · rupture · severance · defection · splinter group
Barrier separating spaces
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- separationState of being apart
- segmentationDivision into sections
- fractionationSeparating mixture into components
subdivision · apportionment · allocation · distribution · halving · cleaving · portioning · rationing
Extending muscles or material
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
- straddleSit with legs spanning
- limbernessBodily flexibility
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
hypermobility · hamstrings · warm-up · cooldown · progression · mobility · elasticity · bendiness
Classical dance on pointe
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- contemporaryOf the present age
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- grand jetéBallet's flying split
leap · pirouette · arabesque · plié · modern · rehearsal · performance · extension
Short springing motions
- jumpsPushes off ground
- aerialsBroadcast signal catchers
- beamStructural support member
- cheerleadingAthletic spirit performance
floor routine · acrobatics · tumbling · straddle jump · needle · scorpion · oversplit · competition
spare
Held in reserve
strike · gutter · approach · ball · scoring · pickup · bedposts · conversion · leave · headpin
rift
Crack or estrangement
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
breakup · parting · dissolution · disunion · factionalism · rupture · severance · defection · splinter group · walkout
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- separationState of being apart
- segmentationDivision into sections
fractionation · subdivision · apportionment · allocation · distribution · halving · cleaving · portioning · rationing · carving up
stretching
Extending muscles or material
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
- straddleSit with legs spanning
- limbernessBodily flexibility
suppleness · hypermobility · hamstrings · warm-up · cooldown · progression · mobility · elasticity · bendiness · looseness
ballet
Classical dance on pointe
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- contemporaryOf the present age
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
grand jeté · leap · pirouette · arabesque · plié · modern · rehearsal · performance · extension · lines
leaps
Short springing motions
floor routine · cheerleading · acrobatics · tumbling · straddle jump · needle · scorpion · oversplit · competition · training
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- acrobaticsacrobat, tumbling, somersault, cartwheel, handstand
- circus acrobaticsacrobats, trapeze, trapeze artists, flying trapeze, tightrope
- crackscracks, crack, fissure, gaps, gap
- dance & gymnasticsrhythmic gymnastics, aerobic dance, aerobics, jazz dance, ballet
- floor exercisesplank, planks, crunches, push-ups, sit-ups
splitsholds together
Remains unified, intact
reconciles · reunites · sticks together · bands together · closures
- split upSever a union
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
- splitting upDividing into parts
- split endsDamaged strand endings
- banana splitIce cream boat dessert
- splitting hairsFocusing on trivial differences
split, splitting, splitter, split up, unsplit, splitters, split-up, splittable, splittings