leaky

CEFRB2

/ˈliːki/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Allowing liquid or gas to escape through holes or cracks.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Tending to leak secrets or information.

Examples

  • While Tom is here, you might want to have him fix your leaky faucet.

  • You need to do something about the leaky faucet.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Having leaks; not fully sealed.

More examples

In context

  • Tom fixed the leaky faucet.

  • The ceiling was so leaky that someone had to fix it.

  • The leaky bucket dripped only one drop at a time, but by the time I got back to the house it was half empty.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The old kitchen faucet was very blank and dripped water all night.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

Likely a normalisation ( + -y) of earlier leak, leake, leke (“leaky”, adjective), from Middle English leke (“leaky”), from Old English hlec, *lec (“having cracks or rents; leaky”), from Proto-Germanic *lekaz (“leaking; leaky”). By surface analysis, leak + -y. Cognate with Scots lek, leck (“leaky”), Saterland Frisian läk (“leaky”), Dutch lek (“leaky”), German Low German leck (“leaky”), German leck (“leaky”), Swedish läck (“leaky”), Icelandic lekur (“leaky”).