Spill

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A spill occurs when the contents of something, usually in liquid form, is emptied out onto a surface, person or clothes, often unintentionally.

Spill may also refer to:

• Oil spill
• Chemical spill
• Data spill
• Leadership spill
• Spill (audio), where audio from one source is picked up by a microphone intended for a different source
• Variable spilling, a side effect of register allocation
• Thin sticks of wood or paper, used for transferring fire, and stored in a spill vase

As a proper name

• Virus (1996 film), an American film about a tanker truck loaded with a deadly ebola-like virus that runs off the road and into an isolated area (German film title Spill)
• Thomas Spilsbury, soccer player nicknamed Spill
• Spill (UK band), dance duo
• Spill.com, a movie review website

People with the surname

• Daniel Spill (1832–1887), English entrepreneur
• Steve Spill (born 1955), American magician

See also

• Spilling water for luck
• Spilling salt