spill over
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
verb
(of an infectious disease) to spread from one species of animal to another and particularly to humans
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "undercurrents of popular discontent spilled over into outright revolt"
- "That's the warning from RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch, who has predicted that industrial action could soon spill over into other sectors of the economy, following the failure of last-ditch talks to avert the largest rail strike since 1989."
- "There was indiscipline, too, from Kovacic, who was fortunate to only be shown a yellow card for a poor challenge on Odegaard yet still followed it up almost immediately with another on Rice. The indiscipline spilled over at the final whistle too as a clutch of City players including Haaland and Kyle Walker were involved in a heated exchange with a number of Arsenal's backroom staff."