Search results for 'spill¹':

spill¹ verb (past tense, past participle spilt or spilled, present participle spilling) 1 tr & intr to run or flow or cause (a liquid, etc) to run or flow out from a container, especially accidentally. 2 intrans to come or go in large crowds, especially quickly • The spectators spilled onto the pitch. 3 to shed (blood, especially that of other people) • a terrible war in which a lot of blood was spilled. 4 colloq to throw from a vehicle or saddle. noun 1 an act of spilling. 2 colloq a fall, especially from a vehicle or horse. spill the beans colloq to reveal confidential information, either inadvertently or deliberately.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon spillan.

spill¹ verb (past tense, past participle spilt or spilled, present participle spilling) 1 tr & intr to run or flow or cause (a liquid, etc) to run or flow out from a container, especially accidentally. 2 intrans to come or go in large crowds, especially quickly • The spectators spilled onto the pitch. 3 to shed (blood, especially that of other people) • a terrible war in which a lot of blood was spilled. 4 colloq to throw from a vehicle or saddle. noun 1 an act of spilling. 2 colloq a fall, especially from a vehicle or horse. spill the beans colloq to reveal confidential information, either inadvertently or deliberately.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon spillan.

spill¹ verb (past tense, past participle spilt or spilled, present participle spilling) 1 tr & intr to run or flow or cause (a liquid, etc) to run or flow out from a container, especially accidentally. 2 intrans to come or go in large crowds, especially quickly • The spectators spilled onto the pitch. 3 to shed (blood, especially that of other people) • a terrible war in which a lot of blood was spilled. 4 colloq to throw from a vehicle or saddle. noun 1 an act of spilling. 2 colloq a fall, especially from a vehicle or horse. spill the beans colloq to reveal confidential information, either inadvertently or deliberately.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon spillan.