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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Leak \Leak\ (l[=e]k), n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck,
Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. l[ae]k leaky, a leak, Sw. l["a]ck; cf.
AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. Leak, v.]
1. 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. ``One leak will sink
a ship.'' --Bunyan.
[1913 Webster]
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack,
fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the
ship's pumps.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect
insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. an act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase
take a leak, i. e. to urinate. [vulgar]
[PJC]
5. The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept
confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff
infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were
criticized as illegal.
[PJC]
To spring a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water;
to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
take a leak
v : eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate,
piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself,
spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
take a leak
vb.
(lb en informal euphemism) To urinate.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
take a leak
vb.
(lb en informal euphemism) To urinate.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
take a leak
vb.
(lb en informal euphemism) To urinate.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
take a leak
vb.
(lb en informal euphemism) To urinate.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
take a leak /tˈeɪk ɐ lˈiːk/
močit
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
take a leak /tˈeɪk ɐ lˈiːk/
[slang] pinkeln, schiffen, pullern [Norddt.] [Mitteldt.] , strullen [Norddt.] [Mitteldt.] , strunzen [Mitteldt.] , pieseln [Mittelwestdt.] [Bayr.] [Ös.] , bieseln [Süddt.] , seichen [Süddt.] , pischen [Ös.] , wiescherln [Ös.] [ugs.] , mal für kleine Jungs/Mädchen müssen [humor.] , klein machen [Kindersprache] , Pipi machen [Kindersprache] , Lulu machen [Ös.] [Kindersprache] , ablitern [humor.] , pissen [slang] , brunzen [Süddt.] [Ös.] [Schw.] [slang]
Note: urinieren
"go and take a leak" - austreten
Synonyms: pee, take a pee, have a pee, piddle, tinkle, have/take a tinkle, wee, wee-wee, do wee-wee, piss, have a leak, take/have a slash, take a piddle
see: peing, piddling, tinkling, weing, pissing, taking a leak, having a leak, take/having a slash, peed, piddled, tinkled, weed, pissed, taken a leak, had a leak, taken/had a slash, go tinkle, go for a slash
From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
take a leak /tˈeɪk ɐ lˈiːk/
slå lens
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
take a leak /tˈeɪk ɐ lˈiːk/
slå en drill, slå en sjua
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