trickle

[Tric·kle]

To trickle is to weakly flow out of something, like a faucet. A trickle is like a drip.

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To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.

Noun
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there''s a drip through the roof"

Verb
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"


v. t.
To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.


Trickle

Tric"kle , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trickled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trickling .] [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. strcan. See Strike, v. t.] To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
His salt tears trickled down as rain.
Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream.

To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.

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Usage Examples

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

There's always an imbalance with actors and actresses in the industry. And I think because there are just fewer movies overall being made, it's that trickle down effect.

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Other Usage Examples

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

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