leaks

/liหks/

IPA: /L IY1 K S/

noun
  1. 1

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

    โ€œa leak in a boatโ€

  2. 2

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

    โ€œThe babies' diapers had big leaks.โ€

  3. 3

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

    โ€œThe leaks by Chelsea Manning showed the secrets of the US military.โ€

  4. 4

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

    โ€œThe press must have learned about the plan through a leak.โ€

  5. 5

    A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.

  6. 6

    The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.

    โ€œmemory leakโ€

  7. 7

    (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.

    โ€œI have to take a leak.โ€

verb
  1. 1

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

    โ€œThe faucet has been leaking since last month.โ€

  2. 2

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

    โ€œNo one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room.โ€

  3. 3

    To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.

    โ€œSomeone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leak, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaks