/spɪl/
noun
A mess of something that has been dropped.A fall or stumble.A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.A slender piece of anything.One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.A small sum of money.(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.verb
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.To spread out or fall out, as above.To drop something that was intended to be caught.To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.(Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.To reveal information to an uninformed party.(of a knot). To come undone.