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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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