About The Word Trickle
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Trickle
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What's The Definition Of Trickle?
[n] flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
[v] run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream; "reports began to dribble in." Synonyms | Synonyms for Trickle: dribble | dribble | drip | filter Related Terms | Find terms related to Trickle: See Also | course | flow | flow | flowing | intravenous drip | leach | percolate | run Trickle In Webster's Dictionary \Tric"kle\, n.
The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a
small stream; drip.
Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a
storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of
mud. --James Bryce.
\Tric"kle\ (tr[i^]k"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trickled} (tr[i^]k"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Trickling} (tr[i^]k"kl[i^]ng).] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. str[imac]can. See {Strike}, v. t.] To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops. His salt tears trickled down as rain. --Chaucer. Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream. --Spenser. |
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