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[ lee-kee ] / ˈli ki / SEE SYNONYMS FOR leaky ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, leak·i·er, leak·i·est.allowing liquid, gas, etc., to enter or escape: a leaky boat; a leaky container. Informal. unreliable: a leaky memory; a leaky tongue. Origin of leakyFirst recorded in 1600–10; leak + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM leakyleak·i·ness, nounun·leak·y, adjectiveWords nearby leakyleak, leakage, leakance, Leakey, leakproof, leaky, leal, Leamington, Leamington Spa, lean, lean and hungry look Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for leakyEven stories of cruise ships in trouble with leaky toilets and spoiled food are popular. The Racism of Disaster Coverage|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST What they did have were out-of-date textbooks, leaky roofs, and no heat. Bigotry Is Back, 60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education|Dean Obeidallah|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Leaky gut syndrome aside, NSAIDs are responsible for (PDF) over 100,000 hospitalizations each year, and over 16,000 deaths. Research Shows Link Between NSAID Use and Gut Disease|Valerie Vande Panne|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Recent research shows the OTC drug could be contributing to leaky gut syndrome and celiac disease. Research Shows Link Between NSAID Use and Gut Disease|Valerie Vande Panne|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When they moved back to London, the only accommodation they could afford was a freezing, leaky barge on the Thames. Penelope Fitzgerald Was as Brilliant and Mysterious as Her Own Fiction|Edward Platt|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST These had to pass a careful inspection by our old leader, who repaired those which were leaky. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria|Ludwig Salvator And now here was I, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in a leaky boat, with two middle-aged women! The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine|Frank R. Stockton "A to M" went on growling and sputtering, like a leaky shower-bath. Geoffrey Hampstead|Thomas Stinson Jarvis It also serves to prevent any water from leaky condenser tubes from filling the condenser and flooding the engine cylinders. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose Why is a man in jail and wishing to be out like a leaky boat? How to Solve Conundrums|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for leaky
adjective leakier or leakiestleaking or tending to leak Derived forms of leakyleakiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to leakybroken, cracked, faulty, split |