splice
verb/splaɪs/
/splaɪs/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they splice | /splaɪs/ /splaɪs/ |
| he / she / it splices | /ˈsplaɪsɪz/ /ˈsplaɪsɪz/ |
| past simple spliced | /splaɪst/ /splaɪst/ |
| past participle spliced | /splaɪst/ /splaɪst/ |
| -ing form splicing | /ˈsplaɪsɪŋ/ /ˈsplaɪsɪŋ/ |
- splice something (together) to join the ends of two pieces of rope by twisting them together
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- splice something (together) to join the ends of two pieces of film, tape, etc. by sticking them together
Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch splissen, of unknown origin.
Idioms
See splice in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryget spliced
- (old-fashioned, British English, informal) to get married
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