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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trick•le /ˈtrɪkəl/USA pronunciation v., -led, -ling, n. v. - to (cause to) flow by drops: [no object]Tears trickled down her cheeks.[~ + object]She trickled some water into his mouth.
- to pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly:[no object]The guests trickled out of the room.
n. [countable] - a trickling flow or stream.
- a small, slow, or irregular amount of anything proceeding:just a trickle of customers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trick•le (trik′əl),USA pronunciation v., -led, -ling, n. v.i. - to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream:Tears trickled down her cheeks.
- to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly:The guests trickled out of the room.
v.t. - to cause to trickle.
n. - a trickling flow or stream.
- a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding:a trickle of visitors throughout the day.
- Middle English triklen, trekelen (verb, verbal), apparently sandhi variant of strikle, perh. equivalent. to strike (in obsolete sense "flow'') + -le 1325–75
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dribble, seepage, drip.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trickle /ˈtrɪkəl/ vb - to run or cause to run in thin or slow streams: she trickled the sand through her fingers
- (intransitive) to move, go, or pass gradually: the crowd trickled away
n - a thin, irregular, or slow flow of something
- the act of trickling
Etymology: 14th Century: perhaps of imitative originˈtrickling adj |