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
MeineMIE-nə (Dutch, German)Frisian, Dutch, German
Manaia-Maori
JacquesZHAHKFrench
Lorens-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
AnnaAN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
Mclain[mək'lein]