spring a leak



spring a leak

To starting leak a fluid suddenly: The boat sprang a leak. My balloon has sprung a leak.
See also: leak, spring

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Antipateran-TI-pə-tər (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
PÍOPEE-oSpanish
Blackwell['blæk.wel]
Faivish-Yiddish
Athy['æθi]