Spills
/spɪlz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:11 pts6 letters
Definition of Spills
noun
- A mess of something that has been dropped.
- A fall or stumble.
"The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week."
- 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.
verb
- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
"I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor."
- To spread out or fall out, as above.
"Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor."
- 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.