spiller

American  

[spil-er] / ˈspɪl ər /

noun

spillers plural

1. someone or something that spills things, especially routinely.

2. a long horizontal fishing line with shorter lines suspended from it, often hung between buoys.

3. a plant whose foliage hangs over the edge of a pot or planter as it grows.

4. a person who deliberately or inadvertently discloses information not meant to be revealed.

5. an artist who works by pouring, drizzling, or dripping paint onto a surface to produce an abstract design.

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idioms

1. spiller of blood, a violent person who kills or wounds others.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• spillers
  plural

Example Sentences

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spiller spillers

Another frequent spiller appears to be Thames Water's Longbridge Road overflow site in east London, which releases sewage directly into Mayes Brook.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023

Container garden: There’s a design formula: a thriller, a filler and a spiller.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023

Pecker turned his company from a spiller of secrets to a keeper of them, prosecutors said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2018

"We have found in many, many instances over the years that the spiller initially says there is no spill or only a small spill," said Richard Chandler, a scientific adviser to Defenders of Wildlife.

From The Guardian ● May 5, 2010

It may be useless to dwell upon "spilt milk," but further employment of the spiller may not be prudent.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

At a public meeting, enraged by people fretting about the safety of their sheep and children, Inti gets to her feet: “If you truly think wolves are the blood spillers, then you’re blind,” she says.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

Roth, who earned an estimated $17 million last year selling some 7 million copies, is but one of many ink spillers whose literary successes have translated into box office hits.

From Forbes ● Mar. 25, 2015

Are we of this generation worthy descendants of tea spillers and abolitionists?

From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore