# verb. - 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 - cause to fall off a horse or bicycle. * the horse was wrenched off course, spilling his rider - let (wind) out of a sail, typically by slackening the sheets. * None
# noun. - a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilled. * wipe up spills immediately - a fall from a horse or bicycle. * Granddad took a spill while riding the bay mare - a thin strip of wood or paper used for lighting a fire, candle, etc. * open the gas tap and immediately place the lit end of the spill over the top of the burner