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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spring a leak

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
spring a leak
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To begin to leak.

Inflected Forms

springs a leak (present, singular) springing a leak (participle, present) sprang a leak (past) sprung a leak (participle, past)

Questions

What does spring a leak mean?
To begin to leak.

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