leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
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The attackers had fashioned a rudimen- tary timing device from a fishing bobber in a leaky bucket of water.
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John Archibald, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
However, District 3 commissioner Beth Welch compared that effort to putting duct tape to cover holes on a leaky tank of swamp water.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
The defense remains leaky, but the important part was avoiding a bad loss (the same bad loss that knocked Stanford out of consideration).
—Jim Root, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
More than a dozen other signs reference a former redlight district, the Civil War, and a presidential party abandoning a leaky ship and swimming to shore.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
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John Archibald, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
However, District 3 commissioner Beth Welch compared that effort to putting duct tape to cover holes on a leaky tank of swamp water.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
The defense remains leaky, but the important part was avoiding a bad loss (the same bad loss that knocked Stanford out of consideration).
—Jim Root, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
More than a dozen other signs reference a former redlight district, the Civil War, and a presidential party abandoning a leaky ship and swimming to shore.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaky. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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leaky
adjective
leakier; leakiest
: permitting fluid to leak in or out
a leaky boat
leakiness
noun
Medical Definition
leaky
adjective
: relating to or being a mutant gene that changes the structure of the protein and especially an enzyme that it determines so that some but not all of its biological activity is lost
also
: being such a protein with subnormal activity
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