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spills ink

spills ink is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spill ink.

Meaning of spill ink

Verb

spill ink (third-person singular simple present spills ink, present participle spilling ink, simple past and past participle spilled ink or spilt ink)

  1. (idiomatic) To write, especially professionally.
    • Of all the problems which lie on the borderline of philosophy and science, perhaps none has caused more spilled ink, more controversy, and more emotion than "the problem of the direction of time.1974, J Earman, “An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to "The Problem of the Direction of Time"”, in Philosophy of Science

Questions about spills ink

What is spills ink the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spills ink is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spill ink.

Words near spills ink in the dictionary

  1. spillover effects
  2. spillovers
  3. Spillow
  4. spillproof
  5. spills
  6. spills ink
  7. spills juice
  8. spills one's guts
  9. spills one's guts out
  10. spills one's seed
  11. spills out

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