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Word entry · 5 letters

spill

Best crossword clue

"Let liquid fall"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /spɪl/Part of speech noun, verbSorted illpsStarts with SEnds with L2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a sudden drop from an upright position

Word origin

From Middle English spillen, from Old English spillan, spildan (“to kill, destroy, waste”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan, from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (“to spoil, kill, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to sunder, split, rend, tear”).

Used in a sentence

  • I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.
  • Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
  • He was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Let liquid fall5 letters
02Accidental mess5 letters

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