spillover

[spil-oh-ver]

noun

1. the act of spilling over.

2. a quantity of something spilled over; overflow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spillover¹

First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase spill over

Example Sentences

If the court declines to grant an acquittal, his attorneys argued that a new trial is required due to "severe spillover prejudice from reams of inflammatory evidence".

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“So there could be some spillover of that into the bullpen.”

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Most of the surge, Imberman told me, was a “spillover effect” in the communities outside the schools themselves.

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Vice Adm Andersen doesn't believe any party is courting open conflict in the Arctic but with global tensions rising elsewhere, such as over Ukraine, the potential for spillover in the Arctic is there.

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"And what we're seeing through bulk milk surveillance is that actually, spillover is happening. Whenever you have these pulses in H5N1 activity in wildlife, it's spilling over into cattle."

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Related Words

• deluge 
• flash flood 
• overabundance 
• torrent