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1. (v.i.) trickle
to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream:
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
2. trickle
to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly:
The guests trickled out of the room.
3. (v.t.) trickle
to cause to trickle.
4. (n.) trickle
a trickling flow or stream.
5. trickle
a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME triklen, trekelen (v.))
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| Definition of 'trickle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) drip, trickle, dribble
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
"there's a drip through the roof"
2. (verb) trickle, dribble, filter
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"
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1. (verb) trickle
(of liquid) to move slowly in drops
raindrops trickling down the window
2. trickle
to move or appear somewhere in small numbers or amounts
humanitarian aid trickling into the affected areas
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| Definition of 'trickle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) trickle
to flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops
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Sense: to flow in small amounts
Blood was trickling down her face.
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 Afrikaans: afloop |
 Arabic: يَتَقَطَّرُ |
 Bulgarian: капя |
 Brazilian: pingar |
 Czech: kapat |
 German: tröpfeln |
 Danish: sive |
 Greek: κυλώ σε μικρή ποσότητα |
 Spanish: gotear, resbalar un hilo |
 Estonian: nirisema |
 Farsi: جاری شدن |
 Finnish: valua |
 French: dégoutter |
 Hebrew: לְטַפטֵף |
 Hindi: टपकना |
 Croatian: kapati, sipiti |
 Hungarian: szivárog |
 Indonesian: menitik |
 Icelandic: drjúpa, seytla |
 Italian: gocciolare, colare |
 Japanese: したたる |
 Korean: 조금씩 흐르다 |
 Lithuanian: sruventi, varvėti |
 Latvian: pilēt; tecēt strūkliņā |
 Malay: menitis |
 Dutch: druppelen |
 Norwegian: piple, sive |
 Polish: ciec |
 Persian: جاری شدن |
 Pashto: جاری کیدل |
 Romanian: a se prelinge, a se scurg |
 Russian: сочиться |
 Slovak: kvapkať |
 Slovenian: curljati |
 Serbian: kapati |
 Swedish: droppa, sippra, tillra |
 Thai: ไหลเป็นหยด |
 Turkish: sızmak |
 Taiwanese: 淌，細細地流 |
 Ukrainian: текти тонкою цівкою; сочи |
 Urdu: رسنا |
 Vietnamese: chảy chậm, chảy nhỏ |
 Chinese: 淌，细流 |
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