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trickle
CIDE DICTIONARY
trickle, v. i. [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. str. See Strike, v. t. ].
To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops. [1913 Webster]
"His salt tears trickled down as rain." [1913 Webster]
"Fast beside there trickled softly down
A gentle stream." [1913 Webster]
A gentle stream." [1913 Webster]
trickle, 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." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
trickle, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. flow or cause to flow in drops or a small stream (water trickled through the crack).
2 tr. come or go slowly or gradually (information trickles out).
--n. a trickling flow.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. flow or cause to flow in drops or a small stream (water trickled through the crack).
2 tr. come or go slowly or gradually (information trickles out).
--n. a trickling flow.
Idiom
trickle charger an electrical charger for batteries that works at a steady slow rate from the mains.
Etymology
ME trekel, trikle, prob. imit.
THESAURUS
trickle
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, weepROGET THESAURUS
trickle
Egress
VB emerge, emanate, issue, egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of, evacuate, exude, transude, leak, run through, out through, percolate, transcolate, egurgitate, strain, distill, perspire, sweat, drain, ooze, filter, filtrate, dribble, gush, spout, flow out, well, well out, pour, trickle, effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape.River
VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.For further exploring for "trickle" in Webster Dictionary Online
