Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leak like a sieve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
leak -like a sieve
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be very leaky.

Informal

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What does leak like a sieve mean?
To be very leaky.

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