leak

Naija

Etymology

From: English leak

Pronunciation

• lîk

Verb

1. Make someting get hole come begin allow wetin dey inside dey comot small small.

   • Leak di blowblow. Di tyre don dey leak.  — (Egbokhare_2021. Leak the tube in the tyre because the tyre itself already has a leak.)
   • I beg tell am sey di bucket dey leak.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Please tell him the bucket is leaking.)

2. Make people know wetin suppose be secret.

   • Even when de say ehn question leak, who dey leak am?  — (NST_cleaned__9761. Even when exam questions leak, who is responsible?)
   • Police cancel exams sake of say dis papers leak.  — (bbc__82328. The police cancelled the exam because the papers leaked.)

Synonyms

• burst, open

Antonyms

• close

Translations

• English: Deflate, expose