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Definition of "spilling" []

  • The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles. (noun)
  • The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid. (noun)
  • Present participle of spill. (verb)

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Use "spilling" in a sentence
  • "The room doesn't feel lived-in; it is the office of a man who spends his time downstairs in a shop crowded with Allen wrenches and coiled silver shavings spilling from a drill."
  • "And laid across a two-page image of gasoline spilling from a pump is the quote that begins, "The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.""
  • "While gut-spilling is cathartic, I promised to zip my lip when my best friend* came to visit last week."