Definition of LEAKY

leaky

Adjective

  • Tending to allow liquid or gas to escape.
  • permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases
    • "a leaky roof"
    • "a leaky defense system"

Adjective Satellite

  • used informally; unable to retain urine
  • prone to communicate confidential information

Adj

  • Having leaks; not fully sealed.

Examples

  • His LEAKY defense strategy allowed me to score big with parallel plays.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Antonyms

tight

Scrabble Score: 12

leaky: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
leaky: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
leaky: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

leaky: valid Words With Friends Word