spillspill1 /spɪl/ ●●● verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] if a liquid spills or you spill it, it flows over the edge of a container by accident: I spilled coffee on my shirt.2[intransitive] if people spill out of a place, they move out in large groups3spill your guts informal to tell someone a lot of personal things, especially because you are upset [Origin: Old English spillan “to kill, destroy, waste”]spill over phrasal verb if a problem or bad situation spills over, it begins to affect other places, people, etc.: There’s a danger that the war will spill over into neighboring countries.