leaker.html - {v. phr.} To become known; escape. * /The famous beauty queen tried to keep her marriage a secret, but news of it soon leaked out./

leaker.html - {v. phr.} To purposely let a secret be known, as if conveying it in the strictest confidence. * /The movie star's secret divorce was leaked to the tabloids by her housekeeper./

leaker.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a a hole in a vessel, pipe, or container etc. caused by wear or damage, through which matter, esp. liquid or gas, passes accidentally in or out. b the matter passing in or out through this. c the act or an instance of leaking.
2 a a similar escape of electrical charge. b the charge that escapes.
3 the intentional disclosure of secret information.

--v.

1 a intr. (of liquid, gas, etc.) pass in or out through a leak. b tr. lose or admit (liquid, gas, etc.) through a leak.
2 tr. intentionally disclose (secret information).
3 intr. (often foll. by out) (of a secret, secret information) become known.

have (or take) a leak sl. urinate.

leaker n. [ME prob. f. LG]

leaker.html - n.
1 the action or result of leaking.
2 what leaks in or out.
3 an intentional disclosure of secret information.

leaker.html - adj.
(leakier, leakiest)
1 having a leak or leaks.
2 given to letting out secrets.

leakiness n.

leaker.html - See: ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME, BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.