- spill past tense and past participle spilt especially British English or spilled especially American English
- 1 [intransitive and transitive]
if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container [↪ pour]: - Katie almost spilled her milk.
- spill something down/on/over something
- Oh no! I've spilt coffee all down my shirt!
- spill on/over etc
- He slipped and the wine spilled all over the carpet.
- 2 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
if people or things spill out of somewhere, they move or fall out in large numbers [= pour] - spill out/into/onto etc
- Crowds from the theatre were spilling onto the street.
- 3
spill the beans
informalto tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret - 4
spill your guts
American English informalto tell someone all about your private life, or about a personal secret - 5
spill blood
literaryto kill or wound people ➔ cry over spilt milk
at cry1 (3)spill into/onto something
phrasal verbif light spills onto or into something, it shines through a window, door, hole etc onto something else :- The morning light spilled into the room.
spill over
phrasal verb- if a problem or bad situation spills over, it spreads and begins to affect other places, people etc
- spill over into
- The conflict might spill over into neighbouring towns.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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