Trickle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtrɪkl|  American pronunciation of the word trickle
Brit.  |ˈtrɪk(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word trickle

noun

- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid (syn: dribble, drip)

verb

- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream (syn: dribble, filter)
water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose

Extra examples

We heard the trickle of water from the roof.

The flow of water slowed to a trickle.

Sales have slowed to a trickle in recent weeks.

A slow trickle of customers came into the store throughout the day.

His hand was trickling down with blood.

Even after the lid was put on, some water still trickled out.

The crowd began to trickle away.

Some early theatregoers began to trickle in an hour before the show.

The waterfall was reduced to a miserable trickle.

The tears trickled down her cheeks.

The first few fans started to trickle into the stadium.

The water in the stream had been reduced to a trickle.

Recent legislation has reduced immigration to a trickle.

There must be a small hole in the pipe, look at the water trickling away!

The river begins as a trickle of water from a cleft in the rock.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: trickle
he/she/it: trickles
present participle: trickling
past tense: trickled
past participle: trickled
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