leaking

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/ˈliːkɪŋ/

noun

The act by which something leaks.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of leak
nounleaking (plural leakings)

plural leakings

  1. The act by which something leaks.
  2. in pluralThat which leaks out.

    […] on rainy nights the audience in the pit held up their umbrellas to screen themselves from the leakings through the roof.

    2007, Lynne Conner, Pittsburgh in Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater, page 15

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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