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- Dictionarytrick·le/ˈtrik(ə)l/
verb
- 1. (of a liquid) flow in a small stream: "a solitary tear trickled down her cheek"
- 2. come, go, or appear slowly or gradually: "the first members of the congregation began to trickle in"
noun
- 1. a small flow of liquid: "a trickle of blood"
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The meaning of TRICKLE is to issue or fall in drops. How to use trickle in a sentence.
a very small number of people or things arriving or leaving somewhere: We usually only get a trickle of customers in the mornings. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Words meaning small pieces and amounts. by a nose idiom. clipping. crumb. dab of something. dash. dollop. grain. ort. paring. peewee. pinch. potsherd. skinny. spark. tad.
Trickle definition: to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream. See examples of TRICKLE used in a sentence.
To trickle is to weakly flow out of something, like a faucet. A trickle is like a drip. There are a lot of ways water can flow, but one type of slow dripping is called trickling.
When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.
TRICKLE meaning: 1. If liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly and without force in a thin line: 2. to arrive or…. Learn more.
[intransitive, transitive] to flow, or to make something flow, slowly in a thin stream. (+ adv./prep.) Tears were trickling down her cheeks. trickle something (+ adv./prep.) Trickle some oil over the salad. Extra Examples. Want to learn more?
Trickle definition: to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream. See examples of TRICKLE used in a sentence.
TRICKLE definition: 1. If liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly and in a thin line: 2. to go somewhere slowly in…. Learn more.
1. to run or cause to run in thin or slow streams: she trickled the sand through her fingers. 2. ( intr) to move, go, or pass gradually: the crowd trickled away. n. 3. a thin, irregular, or slow flow of something. 4. the act of trickling. [C14: perhaps of imitative origin] ˈtrickling adj. ˈtricklingly adv. ˈtrickly adj.
