spill

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.

(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.

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.

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.

“He spilled his guts out to his new psychologist.”

(of a knot). To come undone.