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Meaning
Noun
●
A
crack
,
crevice
,
fissure
, or
hole
which
admits
water or other
fluid
, or
lets
it escape.
●
The
entrance
or
escape
of a
fluid
through a
crack
,
fissure
, or other aperture.
●
A
divulgation
, or
disclosure
, of information
previously
held
secret.
●
The person through whom such
divulgation
, or
disclosure
, occurs.
●
A
loss
of
electricity
through
imperfect
insulation
, or the point where it occurs.
●
In Computing:
The
gradual
loss
of a system
resource
caused
by
failure
to
deallocate
previously
reserved
portions.
⚠️
An
act
of urination.
Verb
●
To
allow
fluid
or
gas
to
pass through
an
opening
that should be sealed.
●
(of a
fluid
or
gas
) To
pass through
an
opening
that should be sealed.
●
To
disclose
secret
information
surreptitiously
or anonymously.
●
To
pass through
when it would
normally
or
preferably
be blocked.
●
To
allow
anything through that would
normally
or
preferably
be blocked.
●
To urinate.
●
In American English & Liquids:
To bleed.
Adj
●
Leaky.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
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Origin
leak
English
leken
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Spill
Release
Drip
Drain
Rupture
Breach
Flow
Bleed
Malfunction
Crash
Circulate
Damage
Puncture
Spillage
Crack
Filter
Reveal
Defect
Clog
Slip
Drop
Overflow
Burn
Blockage
Blow
Corrode
Contaminate
Backflow
Penetrate
Contamination
Bug
Spills
Diffuse
Fire
Evaporate
Flood
Flush
Pipe
Scandal
Trickle
Burst
Explosion
Hole
Move
Fault
Percolate
Flaw
Overheat
Pass
Seeps
Fall
Splash
Incident
Error
Pump
Accumulate
Accident
Seepage
Catch Fire
Short Circuit
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Rhymes
Eek
Eke
Teak
Sikh
Peek
Freq
Weak
Meak
Zeke
Peak
Reek
Teek
Keek
Beak
Meek
Chic
Peke
Geek
Leek
Deek
Week
Deke
Seek
Leak
Areek
Creak
Sheik
Greek
Wreak
Tweak
Sneak
Creek
Sleek
Fleek
Pique
Gleek
Greek
Bleak
Freak
Speak
Streek
Squeak
Shriek
Unique
Streak
Clique
Caique
Beseek
Respeak
Midweek
Lalique
Bespeak
Antique
Oblique
Unspeak
Mystique
Physique
Mustique
Nastaliq
Forspeak
Boutique
Forespeak
Realpolitik
Tongue-In-Chic
Shikasta Nasta'Liq
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