Spill
verb
To cause or allow liquid to fall or flow out of a container, especially by accident.
He spilled coffee on his shirt.
Often appears as...
- spill a drink
- spill the milk
verb
To divulge or disclose something secretive or confidential.
She spilled the beans about their secret plan.
Often appears as...
- spill the beans
- spill a secret
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A fall or tumble.
He took a spill on the ice.
Often appears as...
- take a spill
- nasty spill
noun
An amount of liquid that has flowed out of a container.
There's a spill on the kitchen floor.
Often appears as...
- clean up the spill
- oil spill
verb
To spread out in an irregular or awkward manner.
The crowd spilled into the street after the concert.
Often appears as...
- spill into the street
- spill over the edge
verb
To cause or allow liquid to fall or flow out of a container, especially by accident.
He spilled coffee on his shirt.
Often appears as...
- spill a drink
- spill the milk
verb
To divulge or disclose something secretive or confidential.
She spilled the beans about their secret plan.
Often appears as...
- spill the beans
- spill a secret
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A fall or tumble.
He took a spill on the ice.
Often appears as...
- take a spill
- nasty spill
noun
An amount of liquid that has flowed out of a container.
There's a spill on the kitchen floor.
Often appears as...
- clean up the spill
- oil spill
verb
To spread out in an irregular or awkward manner.
The crowd spilled into the street after the concert.
Often appears as...
- spill into the street
- spill over the edge
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Accidental action
Learning 'spill' as a verb often relates to unintentional actions with liquids.
I accidentally spilled milk on the floor.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative connotation
'Spill' usually suggests carelessness and might imply a mess that needs cleaning up.
Be careful not to spill your juice!
Pro Tip 1/2Accidental action
Learning 'spill' as a verb often relates to unintentional actions with liquids.
I accidentally spilled milk on the floor.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative connotation
'Spill' usually suggests carelessness and might imply a mess that needs cleaning up.
Be careful not to spill your juice!
Pro Tip 1/2Accidental action
Learning 'spill' as a verb often relates to unintentional actions with liquids.
I accidentally spilled milk on the floor.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative connotation
'Spill' usually suggests carelessness and might imply a mess that needs cleaning up.
Be careful not to spill your juice!
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Video examples
Carl Safina: The oil...
that's what we've done to this species through overfishing over many decades. So while the oil spill, the leak, the eruption, is a catastrophe, I think it's important to keep in mind that we've done a lot to affect what's in the ocean, for a very long time.
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Oil Inside Gulf Crabs...
life cycle presents serious risks the animal spawns near shore and then the tiny larvae head out to sea and pass through several stages before returning to settle along the coast they were in waters that were heavily impacted by the oil spill and the spring
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The microbial jungles...
and play a critical role within the global ecosystem that supports all larger organisms, including us. They produce much of the oxygen we breath, and are recruited to clean up environmental pollution, like oil spills, or to treat our waste water.
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If superpowers were...
or make any noise breathing, otherwise they'll know you're there. And, just because you start off invisible, doesn't mean you'll stay that way. What if someone accidentally spills scolding hot coffee on you? And what if it rains?
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Oil Spill Threatens...
and the oil keeps creeping into the marshes I can't even think about leaving it what ana where the economy is where you gonna go and look the largest oil spill in US history is killing wildlife contaminating beaches and marshes
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How One Penguin Started...
My grandmother and the penguins, they are unafraid of challenges, you know, the interesting thing is that, well, when that big oil spill was happening and she was diagnosed cancer and we knew she was going to have four months.
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Gulf Turtle Nests...
the year still ahead the numbers are expected to grow that these deaths are result of the spill cannot be said definitively but Solanki and other researchers will be working to learn more about the spills impact on turtles
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Can you solve the...
As the reporters and photographers cheer, the professor promises his planes will soon be available for commercial flights, just as soon as they figure out how to keep their inflight meals from spilling everywhere.
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The impact of Simón...
had liberated could not become democracies overnight he claimed he despised dictatorship but he became a dictator more than once and his romantic life had a way of spilling out into the public realm it's
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Lisa Margonelli: The...
So I'm going to talk to you about you about the political chemistry of oil spills and why this is an incredibly important, long, oily, hot summer,
Video examples
Carl Safina: The oil...
that's what we've done to this species through overfishing over many decades. So while the oil spill, the leak, the eruption, is a catastrophe, I think it's important to keep in mind that we've done a lot to affect what's in the ocean, for a very long time.
Video examples
Oil Inside Gulf Crabs...
life cycle presents serious risks the animal spawns near shore and then the tiny larvae head out to sea and pass through several stages before returning to settle along the coast they were in waters that were heavily impacted by the oil spill and the spring
Video examples
The microbial jungles...
and play a critical role within the global ecosystem that supports all larger organisms, including us. They produce much of the oxygen we breath, and are recruited to clean up environmental pollution, like oil spills, or to treat our waste water.
Video examples
If superpowers were...
or make any noise breathing, otherwise they'll know you're there. And, just because you start off invisible, doesn't mean you'll stay that way. What if someone accidentally spills scolding hot coffee on you? And what if it rains?
Video examples
Oil Spill Threatens...
and the oil keeps creeping into the marshes I can't even think about leaving it what ana where the economy is where you gonna go and look the largest oil spill in US history is killing wildlife contaminating beaches and marshes
Video examples
How One Penguin Started...
My grandmother and the penguins, they are unafraid of challenges, you know, the interesting thing is that, well, when that big oil spill was happening and she was diagnosed cancer and we knew she was going to have four months.
Video examples
Gulf Turtle Nests...
the year still ahead the numbers are expected to grow that these deaths are result of the spill cannot be said definitively but Solanki and other researchers will be working to learn more about the spills impact on turtles
Video examples
Can you solve the...
As the reporters and photographers cheer, the professor promises his planes will soon be available for commercial flights, just as soon as they figure out how to keep their inflight meals from spilling everywhere.
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
had liberated could not become democracies overnight he claimed he despised dictatorship but he became a dictator more than once and his romantic life had a way of spilling out into the public realm it's
Video examples
Lisa Margonelli: The...
So I'm going to talk to you about you about the political chemistry of oil spills and why this is an incredibly important, long, oily, hot summer,
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Quote examples
Jaime Ray Newman
American Actress
To work for months and months and months, you kind of spill blood and give your heart and soul to something, and then you just sort of let it out into the universe and hope that people like it. How you see it in your head is never how you see it on the screen, so it's almost like an out of body experience.
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Josh Trank
American Director
I ended up losing weight and going through a lot of stuff, but yeah, that is so much of my life and my past. I'm glad that I went through that because I don't think I would be where I am now if I hadn't gone through it. It spills over in most of my love for movies and being alone.
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Fergie
American Musician
It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.
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Barack Obama
American President
When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill.
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Troy Deeney
English Footballer
My dad was well known on the streets, shall we say, and he had a different lifestyle, which could spill into the home setting. Being exposed to that at a young age was difficult.
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Bobby Berk
American Designer
When you're happy at home, it spills out into every other area of your life.
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Louis MacNeice
British Poet
Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.
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Jabari Parker
American Basketball Player
I love spilling my creativity on paper. I just draw.
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Shaun White
American Athlete
You have to be prepared to take a spill.
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Jaime Ray Newman
American Actress
To work for months and months and months, you kind of spill blood and give your heart and soul to something, and then you just sort of let it out into the universe and hope that people like it. How you see it in your head is never how you see it on the screen, so it's almost like an out of body experience.
Quote examples
Josh Trank
American Director
I ended up losing weight and going through a lot of stuff, but yeah, that is so much of my life and my past. I'm glad that I went through that because I don't think I would be where I am now if I hadn't gone through it. It spills over in most of my love for movies and being alone.
Quote examples
Fergie
American Musician
It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill.
Quote examples
Troy Deeney
English Footballer
My dad was well known on the streets, shall we say, and he had a different lifestyle, which could spill into the home setting. Being exposed to that at a young age was difficult.
Quote examples
Bobby Berk
American Designer
When you're happy at home, it spills out into every other area of your life.
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Louis MacNeice
British Poet
Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.
Quote examples
Jabari Parker
American Basketball Player
I love spilling my creativity on paper. I just draw.
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Shaun White
American Athlete
You have to be prepared to take a spill.
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