Leaky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Permitting leaks or leakage: a leaky roof; a leaky defense system.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having leaks, not sealed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out.
  • adj. Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.
  • adj. Retaining some function; not completely inactivating the gene; ; -- of mutations.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having a leak or leaks; allowing water or other fluid, etc., to pass in or out through an aperture or apertures: as, a leaky boat; a leaky barrel.
  • Hence Apt to disclose secrets; babbling; tattling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. used informally; unable to retain urine
  • adj. prone to communicate confidential information
  • adj. permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases
  • Equivalent
    incontinent    communicatory    communicative    draughty    holey    drafty    oozing    drippy    oozy    porous   
    Variant
    leakier    leakiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tattling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Leakey    cheeky    creaky    dashiki    freaky    geeky    sneaky    squeaky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts