spad

Etymology 1
Shortening of.

Noun

 * 1)  A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
 * 2) * 2012, Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian:
 * The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.
 * 1) * 2012, Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian:
 * The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.

Noun

 * 1)  A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

Noun

 * 1) fallout

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  bleed
 * 2) windfall
 * 3)  fallen nuts or fruit
 * 4) slope, gradient

Verb

 * 1) to flatten
 * 2) to floor, to knock down
 * 3) to kill

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  broth, decoction (water that something has been boiled in (whether used as an ingredient or not))
 * 2)  lake- or seawater, drink
 * 1)  lake- or seawater, drink

Usage notes
Colloquial sense often used in the abbreviated definite singular form spat, for example hoppa i spat ("jump in the water") or trilla i spat ("fall in the water").