TRICKLE


Meaning of TRICKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trɪk(ə)l ]

( trickles, trickling, trickled)

1.

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...

Trickle water gently over the back of your baby’s head...

VERB : V prep / adv , V n

Trickle is also a noun.

There was not so much as a trickle of water.

N-COUNT : usu sing

2.

When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.

Some donations are already trickling in.

VERB : V adv / prep

Trickle is also a noun.

The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle...

N-COUNT : usu sing

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