leaking

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leaking

/ˈliːkɪŋ/

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of leak

noun leakings

The act by which something leaks.
in plural That which leaks out. […] on rainy nights the audience in the pit held up their umbrellas to screen themselves from the leakings through the roof.

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Closest in meaning: leaky, unseaworthy, leakage, seepage, flowing, spill, spilling, sinking, filtering, outgassing, sheen, running, flight, fleeing, escape, escaping

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@misc{leaking_2026,
  title = {leaking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leaking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}