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Spillane
- noun - All-time great Kerry Gaelic footballer (b. 1955)
- United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)
Spillers
- noun - a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
- an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood"
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"
Spillway
- noun - a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
Spoilage
- noun - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
- the amount that has spoiled
- the process of becoming spoiled
Spoilers
- noun - a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
- a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
- an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
- someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
- someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Spoiling
- verb - alter from the original
- become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
- destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
- the process of becoming spoiled
- treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Spooling
- verb - transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
- wind onto a spool or a reel