A spill occurs when the contents of something, usually in liquid form, are emptied out onto a surface, person or clothes, often unintentionally. Spill may also refer to: * Oil spill *

Chemical spill A chemical accident is the unintentional release of one or more chemical hazard substances which could harm human health and the environment. Such events include fires, explosions, leakages or release of toxic or hazardous materials that can cause ...

Data spill A data breach is a security violation, in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an individual unauthorized to do so. Other terms are unintentional information disclosure, data leak, inf ...

Leadership spill In Australian politics, a leadership spill (or simply spill) is a colloquialism referring to a declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant and open for contest. A spill may involve all or some of the leadership positions (l ...

Spill (audio) Spill (also known as bleed and leakage) is the occurrence in sound recording (particularly in close miking) and live sound mixing whereby sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. Spill is usually seen ...

, where audio from one source is picked up by a microphone intended for a different source *Variable spilling, a side effect of

register allocation In compiler optimization, register allocation is the process of assigning local automatic variables and expression results to a limited number of processor registers. Register allocation can happen over a basic block (''local register allocatio ...

*Thin sticks of wood or tightly rolled paper tapers, used for transferring fire, and stored in a

spill vase A spill vase, or spill holder is a small cylindrical vase or wall-hanging vase for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire, for example to light a candle or pipe from a lit fire. From the documentary record, they probably dat ...

*SPILL – an acronym for St Pancras International Low Level, the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras railway station in London

As a proper name

Thomas Spilsbury Thomas John "Spill" Spilsbury (1874–1947) was a footballer who played 57 games at left-back for Burslem Port Vale (25 in the Midland Football League, 16 in the Football League). Career Spilsbury played for Dresden United, before joining ...

, soccer player nicknamed ''Spill'' *

Spill (band) Spill were a British dance duo, whose members were William Orbit and Beth Orton. They released one single under the moniker, "Don't Wanna Know About Evil" in 1993, on Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Musi ...

, a British dance duo * Spill.com, a movie review website

People with the surname

Daniel Spill Daniel Spill (11 February 1832 – 1887) was born in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England. He became a rubber and an early thermoplastics manufacturer. For over 20 years Spill had pursued the goal of making a successful business from Alexander Pa ...

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

Literature

*'' Spill. En damroman'', a 2010 Swedish novel by Sigrid Combüchen *'' Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity'', a 2017 book of prose and poetry by Alexis Pauline Gumbs.

As a proper name

People with the surname

Literature

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