spilling
Contents leaving container
Spilling is the present participle of spill—liquid or loose material escaping its container, usually by accident: I'm spilling coffee everywhere.
Extended to information or secrets: He's spilling everything he knows.
The noun spilling refers to the act itself: The spilling of blood, the spilling of state secrets.
Liquid falling slowly
- pourSend liquid streaming out
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- sloshLiquid moving messily
- puddleShallow collected rainwater
seepage · trickle · ooze · leak · overflow · run · dribble · stream
Act of revealing information
- revealMake something visible
- divulgeReveal private information
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- leakEscape through a breach
betray · blab · tell · expose · admission · gossip · tattletale · loose-lipped
Copious, spontaneous release
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- releaseTo let go
confession · purge · eruption · overflow · gushing · expression · effusion · pouring out
Disorderly, troublesome condition
- cleanupRestoration of order
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- hazardSource of potential harm
stain · oops · clumsy · fumble · knock over · tip over · upset · drop
Full to the top
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- excessSurplus beyond need
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- delugeSevere overflow of water
surge · inundation · overfill · running over · cascade · torrent · glut · saturation
drip
Liquid falling slowly
puddle · seepage · trickle · ooze · leak · overflow · run · dribble · stream · gush
disclosure
Act of revealing information
leak · betray · blab · tell · expose · admission · gossip · tattletale · loose-lipped · indiscreet
outpouring
Copious, spontaneous release
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
release · confession · purge · eruption · overflow · gushing · expression · effusion · pouring out · letting go
mess
Disorderly, troublesome condition
hazard · stain · oops · clumsy · fumble · knock over · tip over · upset · drop · scatter
brimming
Full to the top
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- excessSurplus beyond need
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
deluge · surge · inundation · overfill · running over · cascade · torrent · glut · saturation · swelling
tumble
Uncontrolled rolling descent
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- scatterDistribute in random directions
strewn · sprawl · disgorge · discharge · eject · expel · empty · dump · topple · upset
- eating mishapschoking, dripping, burning mouth, biting tongue, brain freeze
- fluid movementflowing, pouring, dripping, draining, oozing
- kids' messessplattering, scattering, dumping, finger painting, food fights
- messy eatingslurping, dripping, crumbs, dribbling, smearing
- wastefulnesswaste, squandering, extravagance, profligacy, dissipation
- Too Muchoverflowing, flooding, stuffing, cramming, packing
spillingpouring
Flowing in volume
decanting · dispensing · transferring · ladling · siphoning
spillingfilling
Material placed within
pouring in · collecting · gathering · absorbing · soaking up
- spilling overExceeding a container's limit
- spilling the beansDisclosing confidential information
- spilling blood
- spilling guts
- spilling the teaSharing scandalous information
- spilling teaSharing gossip or secrets