leaker

Definition of leaker in English English dictionary: Somebody who leaks information; {i} person or thing that leaks, person or thing which allows something to get out or escape (fluid, information, etc.); a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were; a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"; A leaker is someone who lets people know secret information. He found no direct evidence to identify a leaker
leak: To allow fluid to escape or enter something that should be sealed
The faucet has been leaking since last month.
leak: To reveal secret information
Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.
leak: {n} a hole which lets water in or out, drop, run out
leak: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
leak: A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe
leak: Winning poker players often lose back part or all of their winnings through other gambling habits, either at the casino or elsewhere (e g , sports betting, craps, or golf) These are often referred to as leaks
leak: - The unfortunate problem of water escaping the water mattress
leak: Leak means any verifiable failure in any component of a PB Plumbing System leading to unwanted discharge of water exclusive of (1) a leak in the first year of any applicable warranty period provided by the unit's builder, contractor or manufacturer (2) a leak resulting from abuse of such system or circumstances unrelated to ordinary use of such system, including acts of nature (e g earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, etc ) (3) a leak that may be repaired without cutting the wall in or at (a) a valve, or (b) a riser (which is the connecting line from a shut-off valve to a fixture) or an adapter to a fixture and (4) a leak in an ice-maker line
leak: as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks
leak: to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
leak: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
leak: enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
leak: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
leak: A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape
leak: The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps
leak: {i} hole caused by damage or wear through which liquid seeps; drip, seepage; any opening through which something can escape; revealing of secret or confidential information
leak: to pass gradually into, or out of, something; usually with in or out
leak: The person through whom information, especially secret information, escapes
leak: soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
leak: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"
leak: A leak is a crack, hole, or other gap that a substance such as a liquid or gas can pass through. a leak in the radiator In May engineers found a leak in a hydrogen fuel line
leak: n With qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out) This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in {memory leak} and {fd leak} have their own entries; one might also refer, to, say, a `window handle leak' in a window system
leak: A visible seepage of fluid or noticeable detection of fumes
leak: The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture
leak: If a secret document or piece of information leaks or is leaked, someone lets the public know about it. Last year, a civil servant was imprisoned for leaking a document to the press He revealed who leaked a confidential police report We don't know how the transcript leaked. a leaked report. Leak is also a noun. More serious leaks, possibly involving national security, are likely to be investigated by the police. Leak out means the same as leak. More details are now beginning to leak out He said it would leak out to the newspapers and cause a scandal
leak: A memory leak is where allocated memory(2) is not freed although it is never used again
leak: tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
leak: {f} allow a liquid or other substance to enter or escape through a small hole or opening; escape or pass through a leak; divulge confidential or secret information; let secret information be be revealed
leak: A leak in the band can either be small or dramatic and treatments can range from more frequent fills to removal and replacement of the band A leak is rarely dangerous, but it can decrease the efficacy of the band
leak: A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs
leak: an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc ) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
leak: the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
leak: to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak" a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper
leak: Technically, a leak is a hole or porosity in an enclosure capable of passing a fluid from the higher pressure side to the lower pressure side Leaks are often conceived of being simply a round hole, however, this is almost never the case A leak normally has an involved geometry sometimes extending quite a distance from beginning to end As a result, leakage repair may require locating both the start and end of the leak See Leak Testing Primer
leak: Leaky
leak: To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc
leak: unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc
leak: tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper
leak: If a container leaks, there is a hole or crack in it which lets a substance such as liquid or gas escape. You can also say that a container leaks a substance such as liquid or gas. The roof leaked The pool's fiberglass sides had cracked and the water had leaked out A large diesel tank mysteriously leaked its contents into the river. Leak is also a noun. It's thought a gas leak may have caused the blast
leak: be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
leak: To allocate dynamic memory during a program's execution and then fail to deallocate it before losing access to it Leaking causes a program to grow in size as it executes, since the dynamic memory manager does not know that it could "reuse" the (now unused) memory which has been allowed to leak¤
leak: To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc

leaker

Hyphenation

lea·ker

Turkish pronunciation

likır

Pronunciation

/ˈlēkər/ /ˈliːkɜr/

Etymology

[ 'lEk ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English leken, from Old Norse leka; akin to Old English leccan to moisten, Middle Irish legaid it melts.

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