(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.

A fall or stumble.

A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.

A slender piece used for plugging a hole, such as a peg or pin, often made of metal.

(mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.

(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

(intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.

(transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.

To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.

(transitive) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.

To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.

(nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.

(transitive, Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.

(transitive, intransitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.

(of a knot) To come undone.