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- Dictionarytrickle/ˈtrɪkl/
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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TRICKLE definition: 1. If liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly and without force in a thin line: 2. to arrive or…. Learn more.
Trickle definition: to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream. See examples of TRICKLE used in a sentence.
The meaning of TRICKLE is to issue or fall in drops. How to use trickle in a sentence. to issue or fall in drops; to flow in a thin gentle stream; to move or go one by one or little by little…
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. Some donations are already trickling in. [ VERB adverb/preposition ]
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.
Definition of trickle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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.
Trickle definition: to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream. See examples of TRICKLE used in a sentence.
To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit. The audience trickled in. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Synonyms: filter. dribble. flow. drip. percolate. ooze. leak. seep. distill. run.
