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leak·y
/
ˈli
ki
/
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[
lee
-kee
]
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adjective,
leak·i·er,
leak·i·est.
1.
allowing liquid, gas, etc., to enter or escape:
a leaky boat; a leaky container.
2.
Informal.
unreliable:
a leaky memory; a leaky tongue.
Origin:
1600–10;
leak
+
-y
1
Related forms
leak·i·ness,
noun
un·leak·y,
adjective
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leaky
(ˈliːkɪ)
—
adj
,
leakier
,
leakiest
leaking or tending to leak
'leakiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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