spill
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1.7
- noun
- /spɪl/
:
caída
- After his spill on the ice, he decided to wear a helmet next time.
And he just took a head first spill on concrete floor.
- And he just took a head first spill on concrete floor.
Examples
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Although his body throbbed with the pain of the spill, he picked himself up immediately.
Fiction book (1993) -
And he just took a head first spill on concrete floor.
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I took a bit of a spill.
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Dude, you took quite a spill.
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You took quite a spill.
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You just took a spill.
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When my son was 14, he took a nasty spill on his bike.
Blog text (12) -
And, you know, I almost took a big spill in the manure.
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He had a nasty spill.
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Then in the eastern regionals, she pushed her luck, took a spectacular cartwheeling spill in the giant slalom, and shattered her left thigh.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
A drop from a higher to a lower level
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2.9
A rolling fall or gymnastic turn of the body
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1.0
An accidental sliding that makes you lose your balance
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8.9
A fall in which someone lands on their bottom, often in a funny way
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Etymology
Spill comes from an old English word meaning 'to cause to fall' or 'destroy', so a spill can mean a sudden fall — like when someone takes a bad tumble on the slope.