spilling

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noun

The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.

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Meanings

nounspilling (countable and uncountable, plural spillings)

plural spillings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.

    Such a notion identified woman with breaches in boundaries, with lack of shape or definition, with openings and exudings and spillings forth.

    2005, Margaret E. Owens, Stages of Dismemberment, page 58
  2. countablefigurativelyuncountableThe action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spill

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with spilling

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Cite this entry
APA

spilling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spilling

MLA

“spilling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spilling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spilling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spilling.

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