'Leaky' definitions:
Definition of 'leaky'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases ; "a leaky roof"; "a leaky defense system" [ant: tight]
adjective
Used informally; unable to retain urine
adjective
Prone to communicate confidential information [syn: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)]
Definition of 'Leaky'
From: GCIDE
- Leaky \Leak"y\, a. [Compar. Leakier; superl. Leakiest.]
- 1. Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask; a leaky faucet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Genetics) Retaining some function; not completely inactivating the gene; as, substitution mutations are sometimes leaky; -- of mutations. [PJC]