Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Let liquid fall”5 letters
02“Accidental mess”5 letters
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