trickle

🇺🇸 /ˈtrɪkl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtrɪkl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000
verb
R

to flow or make something flow slowly in a thin stream

Trickle water slowly into the soil to help plants grow.

R

to go or make something go somewhere slowly or gradually

People trickle into the theater before the show starts.

noun
R

a small amount of liquid flowing slowly

A trickle of water came from the leaky pipe.

R

a small amount or number of something coming or going slowly

There was a steady trickle of customers throughout the day.

translation

v. to flow or make something flow slowly in a thin stream; to go or make something go somewhere slowly or gradually
n. a small amount of liquid flowing slowly; a small amount or number of something coming or going slowly

Word Forms

3rd Present trickles
Progressive trickling
Past trickled
Plural trickles
Perfect trickled