spill
verb
[ spɪl ]
• cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally.
• "you'll spill that tea if you're not careful"
• reveal (confidential information) to someone.
• "there's nothing worse than friends who spill secrets"
Similar:
reveal,
disclose,
divulge,
let out,
leak,
blurt out,
babble,
betray,
make known,
tell,
let on,
blab,
• cause to fall off a horse or bicycle.
• "the horse was wrenched off course, spilling his rider"
• (in the context of ball games) drop (the ball).
• let (wind) out of a sail, typically by slackening the sheets.
spill
noun
• a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt.
• "wipe up spills immediately"
• a fall from a horse or bicycle.
• a vacating of all or several posts in a cabinet or parliamentary party to allow reorganization after an important change of office.
Origin:
Old English spillan ‘kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood’); of unknown origin.
spill
noun
• a thin strip of wood or paper used for lighting a fire, candle, pipe, etc.
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘sharp fragment of wood’): obscurely related to spile. The current sense dates from the early 19th century.
