The meaning of TRICKLE is to issue or fall in drops. How to use trickle in a sentence.

1. The act or condition of trickling. 2. A slow, small, or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds, or occurs intermittently.

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 …

The young people are gradually trickling away from the district, seeking work elsewhere.

[intransitive, transitive] trickle (something) + adv./prep. to go, or to make something go, somewhere slowly or gradually. People began trickling into the hall. News is starting to trickle out. Definition of …

When a liquid trickles, or when you trickle it, it flows slowly in very small amounts. A tear trickled down the old man's cheek. [VERB preposition/adverb] Trickle water gently over the back of your baby's …

TRICKLE definition: to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream. See examples of trickle used in a sentence.

Present participle of trickle. The act of something that trickles. The tricklings of water down the cave walls. Trickling water circled the oasis, its source a small spring in the center. The sound of the …

There are a lot of ways water can flow, but one type of slow dripping is called trickling. If your shower is only releasing a trickle of water, you're not going to get much of a shower.

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