leak

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/liːk/

noun

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.

“a leak in a roof”

Similar
break the sealhit the headmicturatepass waterpeepiddlepissslash
OriginMiddle English leken ← Old English *lecan ← Middle Dutch leken →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

leak1

nounleak (plural leaks)

plural leaks

  1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.

    a leak in a roof

    2 more examples

    a leak in a boat

    a leak in a gas pipe

  2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.

    The babies' diapers had big leaks.

    1 more example

    The leak gained on the ship's pumps.

  3. A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.

    The leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.

  4. The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.

    […] so even if he was the leak, we would never know.

    2015, Leena Ching, Scandalous, Purple Diamond Publishing
    2 more examples

    I was the leak. That the government didn't like our advice, and so I decided to leak it to 'bounce' them into having to follow it.

    2024, Tony Holohan, We Need to Talk: A Memoir

    If he was the leak, it wasn't intentional. The same went for her mom, not that Cat thought her mom had any friends with top-level security clearance.

    2024, MarcyKate Connolly, Kathryn Holmes, The Thirteenth Circle
  5. A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
  6. computingThe gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.

    memory leak

    1 more example

    resource leak

  7. especiallymildlyslangvulgarAn act of urination.

    I have to take a leak.

verbleak (third-person singular simple present leaks, present participle leaking, simple past and past participle leaked)

present singular third person leaks · participle present leaking · participle past leaked · past leaked

  1. transitiveTo allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.

    The wells are believed to have been leaking oil for decades, long after the operating company ceased to exist.

  2. intransitive(of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.

    The faucet has been leaking since last month.

    1 more example

    No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room.

  3. ambitransitiveTo disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.

    Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.

    1 more example

    That's another of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential press briefings; you leak; he's being charged under section 2(A) of the Official Secrets Act.

    1987, “Man Overboard”, in Yes, Prime Minister, spoken by Bernard Wooley (Derek Fowlds)
  4. broadlyfigurativelyintransitiveTo pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.

    A target that is not detected would not be intercepted and thus would leak through the single defensive layer.

    1989, Kenneth N. Luongo, W. Thomas Wander, The Search for Security in Space, page 149
  5. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.

    England were leaking penalties as Scotland played with pace and variety. Russell was starting to find his range and when he threaded through a grubber to Sean Maitland the winger did well to gather and keep the ball in play. Unfortunately, his pass inside just eluded Russell.

    2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman
  6. To emit bodily fluids:
    1. euphemisticslangsometimesTo urinate.

      I had to leak in the woods since there were no toilets around.

      3 more examples

      Why, you will allow vs ne're a Iourden, and then we leake in your Chimney: and your Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach.

      c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

      Occasionally bums passed, Mexican mothers passed with children, and the prowl car came by and the cop got out to leak, but most of the time we were alone and mixing up our souls ever more and ever more till it would be terribly hard to say good-by.

      1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

      Go and find a tree. I just leak against a^([sic]) oak over there.

      1965, Sam Selvon, The Housing Lark, Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, published 1990, page 125

      Synonyms: break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pass water, pee, piddle, piss, slash

    2. USslangTo bleed.

      He shanked him, now he's leaking.

    3. slangvulgarTo ejaculate.
adjectiveleak (comparative more leak, superlative most leak)

comparative more leak · superlative most leak

  1. obsoleteLeaky.

    Yet is the bottle leake, and bag so torne, / That all which I put in fals out anon […].

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Leak2

proper nounLeak (plural Leaks)

plural Leaks

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo urinate.

Similar
break the sealhit the headmicturatepass waterpeepiddlepissslashtake a leaktake a pisstake a whiztinkleurinatevoidweewee weewiddlewhiz

More synonyms by meaning

nouna euphemism for urination

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wettingmaking waterpassing water
Broader
micturitionurination

nounthe discharge of a fluid from some container

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escapeleakageoutflow
Broader
dischargeoutpouringrun

noununauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information

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news leak
Broader
disclosurerevelationrevealing

verbbe leaked

Similar
leak out
Broader
breakget outget around
Also see
escapeflowgrassinformantleakageleak outmicturitionnarkoutflowseepsnakesneakurinationwettingwhistle-blowerwhiz

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leg-“to leak”
  2. Proto-Germanic*lekaną“to leak, drain”
  3. Old Norseleka“to leak, drip”
  4. Middle Dutchleken“to leak, drip”
  5. Old English*lecan“to leak”
  6. Middle Englishleken“to let water in or out”
  7. Englishleak

From Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Norwegian Bokmål lekke (“to leak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk leka (“to leak”). Related also to Old English leċċan (“to water, wet”), Albanian lag, lak (“to damp, make wet”). See also leach, lake. (divulgation, disclosure of information): Compare typologically Bulgarian изтичане (iztičane), Polish przeciek, Russian уте́чка (utéčka) (akin to течь impf or f (tečʹ)).

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Translations

Arabic تَسَرُّب, تَسْرِيب
  • تَسَرُّب (tasarrub)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • تَسْرِيب (tasrīb)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • سَرَّبَ (sarraba)to reveal secret information
  • تَسَرَّبَ (tasarraba)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Bulgarian ду́пка, пролу́ка
  • ду́пка (dúpka)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • пролу́ка (prolúka)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • теч (teč)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • уте́чка (utéčka)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • изти́чане (iztíčane)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • пропускам (propuskam)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • изтичам (iztičam)(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Chinese Cantonese 漏
  • 漏 (lau⁶)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Chinese Mandarin 漏洞, 洩漏 /泄漏
  • 漏洞 (lòudòng)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • 洩漏 /泄漏 (xièlòu)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • 透露 (tòulù)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • 洩漏 /泄漏 (xièlòu)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • 洩 /泄 (xiè)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • 漏 (lòu)to reveal secret information
  • 洩漏 /泄漏 (xièlòu)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • 漏 (lòu)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Czech díra, průsak
  • díracrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • průsakentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • únikdivulgation, or disclosure, of information
Danish lækage, læk
  • lækagecrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • lækcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • utæthedcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • lækageentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • lækentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • utæthedentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • lækagedivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • lækdivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • lækketo reveal secret information
  • lække(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Dutch lek, lek
  • lekcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • lekentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • lekkento reveal secret information
  • lekken(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Esperanto liko, liki
  • likocrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • liki(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Finnish vuoto, vuoto
  • vuotocrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • vuotoentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • vuotodivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • vuotaato reveal secret information
  • vuotaa(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • vuotaa(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
French fuite, voie d'eau
  • fuitecrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • voie d'eaucrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • fuiteentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • fuitedivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • taupethe person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
  • fuir(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
German undichte Stelle, Leck
  • undichte Stellecrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • Leckcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • Leckentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • Leckdivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • durchsickernto reveal secret information
  • durchstechento reveal secret information
  • leakento reveal secret information
  • lecken(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • tropfen(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Greek διαρροή, διαρροή
  • διαρροή (diarroḯ)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • διαρροή (diarroḯ)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • διαρροή (diarroḯ)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • διαρρέω (diarréo)to reveal secret information
  • διαρρέω (diarréo)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Hawaiian kulu, kulu
  • kulu(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • kulu(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Hebrew נְזִילָה, דְּלִיפָה
  • נְזִילָה (nezilá)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • דְּלִיפָה (dlifá)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • הדלפה (hadlafá)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • טפטף (tiftéf)to reveal secret information
Hindi रिसाव, रिसाव
  • रिसाव (risāv)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • रिसाव (risāv)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • रिसना (risnā)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • रिसाव (risāv)(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Hungarian lék, rés
  • lékcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • réscrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • hasadékcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • hézagcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • szivárgásentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • kiszivárgásentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • beszivárgásentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • csepegésentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • kiszökésentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • beázásentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • szivárogtatásdivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • szivárogtatóthe person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
  • kiszivárogtatto reveal secret information
  • szivárogtatto reveal secret information
  • szivárog(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • ereszt(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • átereszt(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • csepeg(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • szivárog(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
  • szökik(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
  • csepeg(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
  • folyik(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Icelandic leki
  • lekientrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
Indonesian bocor
  • bocor(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Irish poll, sceitheadh
  • pollcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • sceitheadhentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • sceitheadhdivulgation, or disclosure, of information
Italian falla, perdita
  • fallacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • perditacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • infiltrazionecrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • crepacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • dispersionecrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • fessuraentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • fallaentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • fugaentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • crepaentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • fugadivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • trapelaredivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • talpathe person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
  • far trapelareto reveal secret information
  • trapelareto reveal secret information
  • filtrareto reveal secret information
  • perdere(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • percolare(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • trapelare(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Japanese 漏れ口, 漏れ
  • 漏れ口 (morekuchi)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • 漏れ (more)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • リーク (rīku)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • リーク (rīku)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • 漏らす (morasu)to reveal secret information
  • リークする (rīku suru)to reveal secret information
  • ばれる (bareru)to reveal secret information
  • 漏れる (moreru)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Korean 누설, 루설
  • 누설 (nuseol)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • 루설 (ruseol)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • 리크 (rikeu)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • 리크 (rikeu)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • 새다 (saeda)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Latin pereo
  • pereo(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Latvian sūce, sūce
  • sūcecrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • sūceentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • teceentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
Malay bocor
  • bocor(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Māori takerehāia, turu
  • takerehāiacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • turu(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • turuturu(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • papī(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • mapi(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • turu(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
  • turuturu(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
  • pahī(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
  • komama(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Norwegian lekkasje, lekke
  • lekkasjeentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • lekketo reveal secret information
Norwegian Bokmål lekkasje, lekke
  • lekkasjecrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • lekke(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • ta inn vann(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Persian نشت
  • نشت (našt)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
Polish przeciek, przeciek
  • przeciekcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • przeciekentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • przeciekdivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • (tajne informacje) przeciekaćto reveal secret information
  • (np. o dachu) przeciekać(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • przeciec(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • ulatniać(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
  • ulotnić(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Portuguese vazamento, fuga
  • vazamentocrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • fugacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • vazamentoentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • vazamentodivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • fuga de informaçãodivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • vazadorthe person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred
  • vazarto reveal secret information
  • vazar(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • vazar(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Romanian spărtură
  • spărturăcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
Russian течь, проте́чка
  • течь (tečʹ)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • проте́чка (protéčka)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • пробо́ина (probóina)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • уте́чка (utéčka)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • отто́к (ottók)crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • течь (tečʹ)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • проте́чка (protéčka)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • уте́чка (utéčka)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • уте́чка (utéčka)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • слив (sliv)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • течь (tečʹ)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • протека́ть (protekátʹ)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Spanish gotera, agujero
  • goteracrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • agujerocrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • roturacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • víacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • pérdidaentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • liqueoentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • leakentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • fugaentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • filtracióndivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • propalacióndivulgation, or disclosure, of information
  • filtrarto reveal secret information
  • propalarto reveal secret information
  • pregonarto reveal secret information
  • parlarto reveal secret information
  • delatarto reveal secret information
  • gotear(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • perder(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • chorrear(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • filtrar(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • liquear(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • escapar(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • fugar(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Swedish läcka, läcka
  • läckacrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • läckaentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • läckato reveal secret information
  • läcka(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Tagalog lagatak, kalat
  • lagatakcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • kalatdivulgation, or disclosure, of information
Tamil ஒழுகு
  • ஒழுகு (oḻuku)(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Thai รั่ว
  • รั่ว (rûua)(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Turkish sızıntı, sızdırmak
  • sızıntıentrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • sızdırmak(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
  • sızmak(of a fluid or gas) to pass through an opening that should be sealed
Ukrainian ви́тік, ви́тік
  • ви́тік (výtik)entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
  • ви́тік (výtik)divulgation, or disclosure, of information
Vietnamese tiết lộ, làm rò rỉ
  • tiết lộto reveal secret information
  • làm rò rỉ(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter
Welsh twll, gollwng
  • twllcrack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
  • gollwng(of a container) to allow fluid to escape or enter

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with leak

weekuniquecreekspeakpeakgreekseektechniqueweakgeekboutiquecritiqueobliquechicstreaksleekcheekpeekteaktweakmalikbleakphysiqueSikh
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Sounds the same

leekleekleek

Anagrams

lakekaleAlekAkel
Cite this entry
APA

leak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leak

MLA

“leak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leak.

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