spills 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of spill

spills

2 of 2

noun

plural of spill
as in falls
the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily she tripped over the toy and had a nasty spill on the stairs

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“Spills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spills. Accessed 4 May. 2024.

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