Meaning

noun an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

noun soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi

noun a euphemism for urination

originFrom Middle English leken (“to let water in or out”), from Old English *lecan (“to leak”), Middle Dutch leken (“to leak, drip”) or Old Norse leka (“to leak, drip”); all from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak”). Cognate with Dutch lekken (“to leak”), German lechen, lecken (“to leak”), Danish lække (“to leak”), Swedish läcka (“to leak”), Norwegian…

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