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Meanings of Spoilers:

noun

A description of an important plot development in a television show, film, or book which if previously known may reduce surprise or suspense for a first-time viewer or reader.

Usage examples:

Either stop putting spoilers in your featurettes or plaster a huge spoiler warning at the beginning.

Meanings of Spoiling:

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun
noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

Meanings of Spoiling for a fight:

idiom

To be very eager to fight or argue

Usage examples:

Local councillors are spoiling for a fight over plans to close two village schools.

Meanings of Spoiling-for-a:

idiom

To be very eager to fight or argue

Usage examples:

Local councillors are spoiling for a fight over plans to close two village schools.

Meanings of Spoils:

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun
noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away
plural noun

Goods, advantages, or profits obtained by winning a war or being in a particular position or situation

Usage examples:

Only one competitor wins and gets the spoils of victory.

Meanings of Spoilsman:

noun

A person who supports or seeks to profit by the spoils system.

Usage examples:

He is remembered as the political spoilsman who surprised his country with an honest administration.

Meanings of Spoilsmen:

noun

A person who supports or seeks to profit by the spoils system.

Usage examples:

He is remembered as the political spoilsman who surprised his country with an honest administration.

Meanings of Spoilsport:

noun

A person who behaves in a way that spoils others' pleasure, especially by not joining in an activity.

Usage examples:

‘don't be a spoilsport, sidney.’

Meanings of Spoilsports:

noun

A person who behaves in a way that spoils others' pleasure, especially by not joining in an activity.

Usage examples:

‘don't be a spoilsport, sidney.’

Meanings of Spoilt:

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun
adjective

(of a person, especially a child) harmed in character by being treated too leniently or indulgently.

Usage examples:

He acts like a spoiled brat
noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

Meanings of Spokane:

proper noun

A city in eastern washington, situated on the falls of the spokane river, near the border with idaho; population 202,319 (est. 2008).

Meanings of Spoke:

noun

Each of the bars or wire rods connecting the centre of a wheel to its outer edge.

Usage examples:

A large, open circle at the front connects with an outside wheel by means of spokes, some straight …
verb

Past of speak.

Meanings of Spoken:

adjective

Past participle of speak.

verb

Say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling.

Usage examples:

In his agitation he was unable to speak

Meanings of Spoken-for:

adjective

If something is spoken for, it is not available because someone has already bought or asked for it

Usage examples:

Most of the best paintings in the exhibition were already spoken for., both girls were spoken for.

Meanings of Spokes:

noun

Each of the bars or wire rods connecting the centre of a wheel to its outer edge.

Usage examples:

A large, open circle at the front connects with an outside wheel by means of spokes, some straight …

Meanings of Spokeshave:

noun

A small plane with a handle on each side of its blade, used for shaping curved surfaces (originally wheel spokes).

Usage examples:

Likewise, members could make videos of groups of tools (gauges, planes, saws, drawknives, and spoke…
verb

Shape with a spokeshave.

Usage examples:

Spokeshave the angle on the underside

Meanings of Spokesman:

noun

A person who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual.

Usage examples:

A spokesman for greenpeace

Meanings of Spokesmen:

noun

A person who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual.

Usage examples:

A spokesman for greenpeace

Meanings of Spokesperson:

noun

A spokesman or spokeswoman (used as a neutral alternative).

Usage examples:

A spokesperson for the scottish office

Meanings of Spokeswoman:

noun

A woman who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual.

Usage examples:

A spokeswoman for the agency said it would not be investigating the case

Meanings of Spokeswomen:

noun

A woman who makes statements on behalf of a group or individual.

Usage examples:

A spokeswoman for the agency said it would not be investigating the case

Meanings of Spoliate:

verb

Rob of something; plunder.

Usage examples:

The slogan was purely a cover to spoliate ecclesiastical endowments

Meanings of Spoliated:

verb

Rob of something; plunder.

Usage examples:

The slogan was purely a cover to spoliate ecclesiastical endowments

Meanings of Spoliates:

verb

Rob of something; plunder.

Usage examples:

The slogan was purely a cover to spoliate ecclesiastical endowments

Meanings of Spoliating:

verb

Rob of something; plunder.

Usage examples:

The slogan was purely a cover to spoliate ecclesiastical endowments

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