| spill over | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr, adverb) to overflow or be forced out of an area, container, etc |
| —n | |
| 2. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) the act of spilling over |
| 3. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) the excess part of something |
| 4. | economics any indirect effect of public expenditure |
| 5. | astronomy the part of the noise associated with a radio telescope using a dish antenna caused by pick-up by a secondary antenna from directions that do not intercept the dish |
| spill over | |
verb | |
| 1. | overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" [syn: bubble over] |
| 2. | be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets" |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |