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Definition: Spoiler |
SpoilerNoun1. A candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning. 2. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war). 3. Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence. 4. An airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds. 5. A hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spoiler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Spoiler n. [Usenet] 1. A remark which reveals important plot elements from books or movies, thus denying the reader (of the article) the proper suspense when reading the book or watching the movie. 2. Any remark which telegraphs the solution of a problem or puzzle, thus denying the reader the pleasure of working out the correct answer (see also interesting). Either sense readily forms compounds like `total spoiler', `quasi-spoiler' and even `pseudo-spoiler'. By convention, articles which are spoilers in either sense should contain the word `spoiler' in the Subject: line, or guarantee via various tricks that the answer appears only after several screens-full of warning, or conceal the sensitive information via rot13, spoiler space or some combination of these techniques. Source: Jargon File. |
Aerospace | A plate, series of plates, comb, tube, bar, or other device that projects into the airstream about a body to break up or spoil the smoothness of the flow, especially such a device that projects from the upper surface of an airfoil, giving an increased drag and a decreased lift. Compare deflector, sense (a).Spoilers are normally movable and consist of two basic types: the flap spoiler, which is hinged along one edge and lies flush with the airfoil or body when not in use, and the retractable spoiler, which retracts edgewise into the body. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | Small and narrow blade ahead of the leading edge of the main blade, used to reduce the turbine's efficiency at higher speeds and help keep the power nearly constant by changing the airfl ow round the propeller blade. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | A device which when deflected into the airflow over a surface modifies the flow and, in the case of an aerofoil, reduces the lift and increases the drag. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Comb, flap or other device extended on command in order to break up local airstream, for example ahead of open weapons bay. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Plane that diverts flow in its movement. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A spoiler is a summary or description of a narrative (or part of a narrative) that relates plot elements not revealed early in the narrative itself. Moreover, because enjoyment of the plot depends on dramatic tension and suspense, this early revelation of plot elements "spoils" the enjoyment that consumers of the narrative would otherwise have experienced.
In recent years, spoilers have mostly appeared on specialist Internet sites and in newsgroup postings. In these cases, the spoilers are mostly directed at film endings. Usually the spoiling information is preceded by a warning, or, the spoiler has to be highlighted before it can be visibly read on the web page. But in recent years these warnings have been omitted, and some unwitting readers have had their favourite films spoiled.
A classic spoiler example occurred in 1999. Someone calling himself Mr. Spoilsport posted a message to the newsgroup alt.fan.starwars and spoilt the long awaited Star Wars film, The Phantom Menace. The post caused some subscribers to the Star Wars newsgroup to read the spoiler without having to open the article, since the spoiler was put in the subject field of the message.
This angered many alt.fan.starwars subscribers, since although they were fans of Star Wars, many had been waiting 20 years for the prequel, and running up to premiere of the film, they had been making a conscious effort NOT to read any spoilers. Although the original posts by Mr. Spoilsport have been deleted and wiped from the Internet by angry alt.fan.starwars moderators, many of the replies are still available (search http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search for "mr spoilsport" in the group group:alt.fan.starwars from 1 Feb 1999 to 1 Apr 1999).
A spoiler, also called an air foil, is a device sometimes found on the back of cars that improves traction. The spoiler acts like the wing of an airplane, but it's upside down, so the air pushes it downward instead of upward.
Spoilers are also elements of some aircraft wings, especially airliners. They are usually flat metal pieces on the upper side of the wing which move on a hinge. They open upwards to reduce lift and slow the aircraft down for landing or maneuvering in conjunction with ailerons.
There is also a popular calypso singer named Mighty Spoiler (occasionally abbreviated as Spoiler).Internet Spoilers
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spoiler."
Synonyms: SpoilerSynonyms: despoiler (n), freebooter (n), looter (n), pamperer (n), pillager (n), plunderer (n), raider (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Thief | Spoiler, depredator, pillager, marauder; harpy, shark, land shark, falcon, mosstrooper, bushranger, Bedouin, brigand, freebooter, bandit, thug, dacoit; pirate, corsair, viking, Paul Jones, buccaneer, buccanier; piqueerer, pickeerer; rover, ranger, privateer, filibuster; rapparee, wrecker, picaroon; smuggler, poacher; abductor, badger, bunko man, cattle thief, chor, contrabandist, crook, hawk, holdup man, hold-up, jackleg, kidnaper, rustler, cattle rustler, sandbagger, sea king, skin, sneak thief, spieler, strong-arm man. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spoiler |
| English words defined with "spoiler": Depredator ♦ Ravager ♦ Spoliator. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spoiler": rot13 ♦ spoiler space. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spoiler" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (spoiler), Portuguese (spoiler), Swedish (spoiler). |
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Lyrics | No spoiler, no windscoop, (Dark and Metric; performing artist: They Might Be Giants) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Spoiler (1972) | |
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| "Spoiler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spoiler" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spoiler": outboard spoiler ♦ spoiler space. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "spoiler": aileron-spoiler. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spoiler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كابح (curb, restraint), المفسد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спойлер, грабител (depredator, extortionist, grabber, harpy, plunderer, reaver, reiver, robber, spoliator, usurper), въздушен дефлектор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 夺者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spoiler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stromingsverstoorder, verstoorder (interceptor), afbuigingsvlak (deflection plane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | spoileri, siipijarru, vakaajasiipi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spoiler, recouvrement de fente, réducteur de portance, plan de déviation, obturateur de fente d'aile, destructeur de portance, déporteur, déflecteur air, déflecteur (splah plate, splash plate, spray plate), becquet, aérofrein. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spoiler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κακομαθαίνων, σπόιλερ, πτερυγίδιο επικάλυψης σχισμής, χαλών, φθείρων (spoiling, wasting, wearer), φθορέας άνωσης, φθορέας άντωσης, επίπεδο παραμόρφωσης (deflection plane), αποσβέστης (damper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsákmányoló (predacious, predatory), kontár (amateurish, botch, bungler, cobbler, dabbler, duffer, scamper, tinker, to slubber, unworkmanlike), fuser (bungler, gimp, lunk, lunkhead, scamper, slob, slubberer, tinker), fosztogató (depredator, harrier, looter, marauder, pilferer, pillaging, predatory, raider, reaver, reiver), elrontó, áramlásrontó szárnyféklap. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spoiler, piano di deviazione (deflection plane), intercettore (interceptor), diruttore (deflector), deflettore per l'aria (deflector), deflettore (baffle, deflector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "て馬 (stalking horse, stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あてうま (stalking horse, stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | milleyder (adulterator, botcher, corrupter, marrer, wrecker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oilerspay spoiler, plano de deflexão (deflection plane). (various references) jefuitor (looter, marauder, plunderer, predatory, robber, robbing, spoliator), corupãtor (briber, corrupter, corruptive, seducer, suborner). (various references) разрушитель (depredator, destroyer, destructor, wrecker), нарушитель (disturber, infringer, perpetrator, trespasser, violator). (various references) spoiler (deflector), plano deflector (deflection plane), plano de desviación (deflection plane), espoiler, deflector (baffle, baffle plate, baffler, deflector). (various references) spoiler. (various references) โจร (rapparee, robber), ผู้แข่งขันที่ทำลายการชนะของคู่แข่งไ"้, อุปกร"์ควบคุมกระแสลมในเครื่องบินหรือรถยนต์, คนที่ทำให้เสียหาย. (various references) uçak fren kanadı, hava deflektörü, hız kesici kanat. (various references) người l m hư, người l m hỏng. (various references) ysbeiliwr (bandit, brigand, robber), difrodwr (devastator), anrheithiwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 48, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai deka andreV eureqhsan ekei kai eipan tw ismahl mh anelhV hmaV oti eisin hmin qhsauroi en agrw puroi kai kriqai meli kai elaion kai parhlqen kai ouk aneilen autouV en mesw twn adelfwn autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et veniet praedo ad omnem urbem et urbs nulla salvabitur et peribit vallis et dissipabuntur campestria quoniam dixit Dominus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the robbere shal come to eche cheef cite, and no cheef cyte shal be saued; and pershen shul valeys, and wastid shul be wilde feldis, for the Lord seyde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the attacker will come against every town, not one will be safe; and the valley will be made waste, and destruction will come to the lowland, as the Lord has said. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 48, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang maglalaglag moanhi batok sa tagsatagsa ka ciudad, ug walay ciudad nga makagawas; ang walog usab mawagtang, ug ang kapatagan pagalumpagon, ingon sa gipamulong ni Jehova. |
| Croatian | Pustošnik æe doæi u svaki grad, nijedan mu neæe izmaæi: Dolina æe biti poharana, Visoravan opustošena," govori Jahve! |
| Danish | Hærværksmænd skal komme over hver By, ingen By skal reddes; Dalen skal ødelægges og Højsletten hærges, som HERREN har sagt. |
| Dutch | Want de verstoorder zal komen over elke stad, dat niet een stad ontkomen zal; en het dal zal verderven, en het effen veld verdelgd worden; want de HEERE heeft het gezegd. |
| Finnish | Hävittäjä tulee jokaiseen kaupunkiin, ei pelastu yksikään kaupunki; laakso hävitetään ja tasanko tuhotaan, niinkuin Herra on puhunut. |
| French | Le dévastateur entrera dans chaque ville, Et aucune ville n`échappera; La vallée périra et la plaine sera détruite, Comme l`Éternel l`a dit. |
| German | Denn der Verstörer wird über alle Städte kommen, daß nicht eine Stadt entrinnen wird. Es sollen beide, die Gründe verderbt und die Ebenen verstört werden; denn der HERR hat's gesagt. |
| Haitian Creole | Malè pral tonbe sou tout lavil nou yo. Yo yonn p'ap chape anba l'. L'ap fini ak sa ki nan fon yo. L'ap ravaje sa ki sou platon yo. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Semua kota akan hancur, tak satu pun yang akan luput. Lembah dan dataran rendah seluruhnya akan musnah. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena si pembinasa itu akan datang atas segala negeri, sehingga sebuah negeripun tiada akan luput; maka lembah itu akan binasa dan padang ratapun akan rusak, karena demikianlah firman Tuhan. |
| Italian | Il devastatore verr contro ogni citt ; nessuna citt potr scampare. Sar devastata la valle e la pianura desolata, come dice il Signore. |
| Maori | Ka tae te kaipahua ki nga pa katoa, e kore hoki tetahi pa e puta; ka ngaro te raorao, ka huna hoki te mania; ka pera me ta Ihowa i korero ai. |
| Norwegian | Og en ødelegger skal komme over hver by, og ingen by skal gå fri; dalen skal gå til grunne og sletten bli ødelagt, som Herren har sagt. |
| Portuguese | Porque virá o destruidor sobre cada uma das cidades e nenhuma escapará, e perecerá o vale, e destruir-se-á a planície, como disse o Senhor. |
| Rumanian | Pustiitorul va intra kn fiecare cetate, wi nicio cetate nu va scqpa. Valea va pieri wi ckmpia va fi nimicitq, cum a spus Domnul. |
| Spanish | Vendrá el destructor a cada ciudad, y ninguna escapará. También será arruinado el valle, y será destruida la llanura, como ha dicho Jehovah. |
| Swedish | Och en förhärjare skall komma över var stad, så att ingen stad skall kunna rädda sig; dalen skall bliva förstörd och slätten ödelagd, såsom HERREN har sagt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spoiler": spoilers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spoiler": despoiler. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spoiler": despoilers. (additional references) | |
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"Spoiler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: escoillee, Spotila, Sproule. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spoiler" (pronounced spoy"ler) |
| 3 | -oy" l er | boiler, broiler, oiler. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: lisper, lopers, lories, oilers, oriels, perils, pilose, pliers, poiser, poleis, polers, polies, proles, reoils, sloper, splore. | |
-2 letters: liers, loper, lopes, lores, loris, loser, oiler, oriel, orles, osier, peril, peris, piers, piles, plier, plies, poise, poler, poles, polis, pores, poser, pries, prise, prole, prose, reoil, repos, riels, riles, ripes, roils, roles, ropes, slier. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: implores, leporids, overslip, pelorias, perilous, poitrels, polarise, polisher, preboils, profiles, prolines, repolish, slipover, sloppier, spoilers. | |
+2 letters: caprioles, compilers, compliers, coverslip, despoiler, epistoler, heliports, impellors, implorers, leprosies, oilpapers, overplies, overslips, overslipt, overspill, pileworts, pillories, pistoleer, polarised, polarises, polarizes, polishers, portliest, possibler, poultries, prelusion, profilers, prolepsis, pyrolizes, replicons, repulsion, saprolite, slipcover, slipovers, spillover, supercoil, terpinols. | |
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