trickle
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trickle
- /ˈtɹɪkəl/
Rhymes with -ɪkəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le.
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire.
noun trickles
- A very thin river. The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.
- A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow. The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.
verb trickles · trickling · trickled
- to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously. The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
- to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously. Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
- To move or roll slowly. Some [marbles] were found in a child's grave at Nagada, Egypt […] together with a set of ninepins and three rectangular bricks which could have formed an arch through which to trickle the balls.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: drip, filter, dribble, seep, handful, wisp, doorknob, net, handle, hilt, handhold, drop, fistful, fillet, tenderloin, gout
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noun a very thin flow; the act of trickling
| Español | chorreo, chiringuito, goteo, instilación |
|---|---|
| Français | dégoulinade |
| Deutsch | Tröpfeln, Getröpfel |
| Italiano | gocciolio, sgocciolio |
| Русский | стру́йка strújka |
verb to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously
| Español | instilar |
|---|---|
| Français | verser goutte à goutte |
| Deutsch | tröpfeln, träufeln |
verb to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously
| Español | chorrear, gotear, instilarse |
|---|---|
| Français | dégouliner, ruisseler |
| Deutsch | tröpfeln, rieseln |
| Italiano | gocciolare, sgocciolare |
| Русский | сочи́ться sočítʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | chảy nhỏ giọt |
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title = {trickle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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