The Clue
Drip from a pipe, e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LEAK
Tags
Notes
The answer LEAK is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
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Boater's worry
Breach of secrecy
Deep throat
Drip, say
Escape gradually
Escaping fluid
Faucet failure
Hiss cause
Inform surreptitiously
Job for a plumber
News spill
Patch's place
Pipe problem
Plumber's concern
Plumbing problem
Publicist's headache
Puddle cause
Roof problem
Secrecy problem
Security breach
Security lapse
Skipper's headache
Spill the beans
Unauthorized disclosure
Waterbed mishap
Deep Throat, e.g.
Escape route of a kind
Let out surreptitiously
Little hole, maybe
News source, sometimes
News source, at times
Newshawk's source, often
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Problem in D.C. or at sea
Puddle producer, perhaps
Puddle's cause, maybe
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Source of many news items
Definition
LEAK as a noun:
1. an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak"
2. soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi
3. (leak, wetting, making water, passing water) = a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
4. (escape, leak, leakage, outflow) = the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
5. (leak, news leak) = unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information
LEAK as a verb:
1. tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
2. (leak, leak out) = be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy"
3. enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement"
4. have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly"