spoiler:
(plural: ‘spoilers‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a spoiler (woman) being taped from giving out the plot of the movie
a robber;
a person who reveals the most important twist or turn in a movie, book, story or plan which the other person feels interesting or thrilling when they find it out on their own;
a person (or thing) that causes corruption;
a candidate in an election whose chances of winning are very slight but gets some votes that are enough to prevent (spoils the chances of) a more popular candidate from winning;
a competitor/player who uses foul/spoiling tactics, especially in boxing,
an innocent spoiler giving away the twist in the TV programme
Luther is a spoiler; he can’t keep himself from revealing the climax of a movie he has just watched and the rest of us lose interest in watching that movie.
The world has always been in the hands of spoilers, those robbers and plunderers, who actually looted civilisation after civilisation and are still polluting the world, nation after nation, in the name of progress, advancement and technology.
Though Richie and Karl won the national boxing champion titles in the open competition, they were criticised for being the worst spoilers in the country’s boxing history for using spoiling tactics, such as frequent holding and leading with head.
Note 2: A spoiler is also used to refer to a magazine or newspaper that is published at the same time as the other one so that the other gets fewer sales.
Note 3: A spoiler also means a piece device fitted on the wings of an aeroplane or on the back part of a car to increase or decrease the air drag. For an informative article on Car Spoilers, please click here. And a some small reed that is placed in the mouthpiece of a wind music instruments, such as saxophone, clarinet, etc. For an article that advertises such spoilers, please click here.
