spoilernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈspɔɪ.lər/us/ˈspɔɪ.lɚ/spoiler noun [ C ] (CAR PART)
a device on a car or aircraft that is positioned so that it stops the air from flowing around the vehicle in a smooth way and so helps to control it
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The exterior of vehicles
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- retread
- roll bar
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- tyre
- vanity plates
- wing
- wing mirror
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Air travel: parts of aeroplanes
spoiler noun [ C ] (TAKING ATTENTION)
a newspaper article, television programme, etc. that is produced just before or at the same time as another similar one in order to take attention away from it
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News reporting & the press
- ambulance chaser
- city desk
- CNN
- court correspondent
- coverage
- desk
- hack
- lay
- lead with sth
- lobby correspondent
- muckraking
- news agency
- news conference
- press box
- reporter
- silly season
- story
- syndicate
- syndicated
- the gutter press
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spoiler noun [ C ] (TELLING STH)
information in a newspaper article, blog, etc. that tells you what happens in a television programme, which may spoil your enjoyment of it if you have not already seen it:
Spoiler alert - if you haven't seen Sunday's episode, stop reading now!