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Soissons
- noun - a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
Spieling
- verb - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
- speak at great length (about something)
Spiffing
- adjective - excellent or splendid; "that's a perfectly spiffing idea"
Spillane
- noun - All-time great Kerry Gaelic footballer (b. 1955)
- United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)
Spilling
- verb - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
- flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
- reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
- reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
Spinning
- verb - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
- creating thread
- form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
- make up a story; "spin a yarn"
- prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
- work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
Spirting
- verb - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
Spitting
- verb - drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
- rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- utter with anger or contempt
Sticking
- verb - be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
- be a mystery or bewildering to;
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
- endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;