spillover

[ spil-oh-ver ]

noun

1. the act of spilling over.
2. a quantity of something spilled over; overflow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spillover¹

First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase spill over

Example Sentences

The park crowd was spillover from the annual Picnic Day event hosted by UC Davis.

From Los Angeles Times

The spillover impacts of an all-out China-US trade war would be felt globally, and most economists judge that the impact would be highly negative.

From BBC

That leads to a spillover into the corridors, with patients in wheelchairs, on hospital beds and gurneys filling all the available space.

From BBC

So the spillover effects could be very, very negative.

From BBC

"The main threat to the UK economy from Trump's tariffs may well be the spillover from higher US interest rates, rather than tariffs themselves," says the economist Julian Jessop.

From BBC

Related Words

• deluge
• flash flood
• overabundance
• torrent