noun, masculine/ˈspoileɾ/plural: spoilers
spoiler (a device to reduce lift and increase drag); spoiler (a device to reduce lift and increase downforce); spoiler (document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story)
Synonyms: alerón, destripe
Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English spoilerubor. S