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  1. spill
    [spil]
    verb
    spill (verb)
    spills (third person present)
    spilt (past tense)
    spilt (past participle)
    spilled (past tense)
    spilled (past participle)
    spilling (present participle)
    1. cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally:
      "you'll spill that tea if you're not careful"
      "azaleas spilled cascades of flowers over the pathways"
      Similar:
      tip over
      cowp
      • informal
        reveal (confidential information) to someone:
        "there's nothing worse than friends who spill secrets"
        "she ought not to be spilling out her troubles to you"
        • cause to fall off a horse or bicycle:
          "the horse was wrenched off course, spilling his rider"
          • BRITISH ENGLISH
            (in the context of ball games) drop (the ball).
            noun
            spill (noun)
            spills (plural noun)
            1. a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilled:
              "wipe up spills immediately"
              "a 25-ton oil spill"
              "their shifting spill of lantern-light"
              • a fall from a horse or bicycle:
                "Granddad took a spill while riding the bay mare"
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                verb
                spil
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                Origin
                Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood’); of unknown origin.
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