'Trickle' definitions:
Definition of 'trickle'
From: WordNet
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a few,
- condensation,
- condense,
- distill,
- distillation,
- dribble,
- drip,
- dripping,
- drippings,
- dripple,
- drizzle,
- drop,
- exude,
- filter,
- flow,
- gurgle,
- handful,
- leach,
- leaching,
- leak,
- leak out,
- leakage,
- leaking,
- limited number,
- lixiviate,
- lixiviation,
- only a few,
- ooze,
- percolate,
- percolation,
- piddling few,
- piddling number,
- rivulet,
- run,
- runlet,
- runnel,
- scattering,
- seep,
- seepage,
- seeping,
- small number,
- spill,
- sprinkling,
- spurtle,
- sweat,
- sweating,
- too few,
- tricklet,
- trill,
- weep