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SPILLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spiller mean? 

SPILLER (noun)
  The noun SPILLER has 2 senses:

1. an attacker who sheds or spills bloodplay

2. a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)play

  Familiarity information: SPILLER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPILLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An attacker who sheds or spills blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

shedder; spiller

Context example:

a great hunter and spiller of blood

Hypernyms ("spiller" is a kind of...):

aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)

Derivation:

spill (cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

setline; spiller; trawl; trawl line; trotline

Hypernyms ("spiller" is a kind of...):

fishing line (a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached)


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