'Trickle' definitions:

Definition of 'trickle'

(from WordNet)
noun
Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: drip, trickle, dribble]
verb
Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" [syn: trickle, dribble, filter]

Definition of 'Trickle'

From: GCIDE
  • Trickle \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. [1913 Webster]
  • His salt tears trickled down as rain. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Trickle'

From: GCIDE
  • Trickle \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'trickle'

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