trickle

trick·le

 (trĭk′əl)

v. trick·led, trick·ling, trick·les

v.intr.

1. To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream.

2. To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit: The audience trickled in.

v.tr.

To cause to trickle.

n.

1. The act or condition of trickling.

2. A slow, small, or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds, or occurs intermittently.

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[Middle English triklen, perhaps variant of striklen, frequentative of striken, to flow; see strike.]

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trickle

(ˈtrɪkəl)

vb

1. to run or cause to run in thin or slow streams: she trickled the sand through her fingers.

2. (intr) to move, go, or pass gradually: the crowd trickled away.

n

3. a thin, irregular, or slow flow of something

4. the act of trickling

[C14: perhaps of imitative origin]

ˈtrickling adj

ˈtricklingly adv

ˈtrickly adj

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trick•le

(ˈtrɪk əl)

v. -led, -ling,
n. v.i.

1. to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.

2. to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the room.

v.t.

3. to cause to trickle.

n.

4. a trickling flow or stream.

5. a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding.

[1325–75; Middle English triklen, trekelen (v.)]

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trickle

Past participle: trickled
Gerund: trickling

Imperative

trickle

trickle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trickle - flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" dribble, drip flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) intravenous drip - slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time)
Verb	1.	trickle - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" dribble, filter course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" percolate, leach - permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"

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trickle

verb

1. dribble, run, drop, stream, creep, crawl, drip, ooze, seep, exude, percolate A tear trickled down his cheek.

noun

1. dribble, drip, seepage, thin stream There was not so much as a trickle of water.

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trickle

verb

To fall or let fall in drops of liquid:

distill, dribble, drip, drop, weep.

noun

The process or sound of dripping:

dribble, drip.

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Translations

سَيْلان رَقيق، تَقَطُّريَتَقَطَّرُ

kapatkapkatroška

fålidtsive

tröpfeln

valuavaluttaa

dégoutterpissette

drjúpa, seytlaleki, seytl

andare alla spicciolatagocciolarerivolo

sruventi

neliels daudzumspilētstrūkliņatecēt strūkliņā

tynn strøm

kapljanjekapljati

sızıntısızmak

少量淌细流

trickle

[ˈtrɪkl]

A. N

1. (gen) → chorrito m; [of blood] → hilo m

2. (fig) a trickle of people → un goteo de personas
we received a trickle of news → nos llegaba alguna que otra noticia
what was a trickle is now a flood → lo que era un goteo es ya un torrente

B. VI

1. [liquid] → escurrir
blood trickled down his cheek → la sangre le caía a gotas por la mejilla

2. (fig) (slowly) → ir despacio; (gradually) → poco a poco
people kept trickling in → la gente seguía entrando poco a poco

C. VT (lit) → gotear
you're trickling blood → estás sangrando un poco

D. CPD trickle charger N (Elec) → cargador m de batería

trickle away VI + ADV our money is trickling away → nuestro dinero se consume poco a poco

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trickle

[ˈtrɪk^əl]

n

[water] → filet m; [blood] → filet m

(= small number)
The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle → Le flot de voitures s'est maintenant réduit à un mince filet.
a steady trickle of visitors → un nombre réduit mais constant de visiteurs

vi

[water, blood, sweat] → couler
A tear trickled down the old man's cheek → Une larme coula lentement sur la joue du vieil homme.

to trickle in [people] → entrer par petits groupes; [donations, letters] → arriver au compte-gouttes
Small donations are already trickling in → Quelques maigres dons arrivent déjà au compte-gouttes.
to trickle into sth [people] → entrer qch au compte-gouttes, entrer qch par petits groupes; [cars, donations] → arriver au compte-gouttes, arriver petit à petit
to trickle out [people] → sortir par petits groupes
The tourists began trickling back to the buses → Les touristes se mirent à retourner vers les cars par petits groupes.trick or treat n "une farce ou une gâterie", phrase par laquelle les enfants qui font la quête la nuit de Halloween menacent de jouer un tour à ceux qui ne leur donnent pas des sucreriestrick photography n → trucage mtrick question n → question-piège f

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trickle

vi

(liquid) → tröpfeln, tropfen; tears trickled down her cheeks → Tränen kullerten ihr über die Wangen; the rain trickled down his neck → der Regen tropfte ihm in den Kragen; if you don’t fix the leak the water will all trickle away/out → wenn Sie die undichte Stelle nicht abdichten, tropft das ganze Wasser heraus; the sand trickled through his fingers → der Sand rieselte ihm durch die Finger

(fig) people/escapees began to trickle in/out/back → die Leute/Flüchtlinge begannen, vereinzelt herein-/hinaus-/zurückzukommen; the ball trickled into the net → der Ball trudelte (langsam) ins Netz; reports/donations are beginning to trickle in → so langsam trudeln die Berichte/Spenden ein (inf)

vt liquid → tröpfeln, träufeln, tropfenweise gießen

n

(of liquid) → Tröpfeln nt; (= stream) → Rinnsal nt

(fig) a steady trickle of people gradually filled the lecture hall → der Hörsaal füllte sich langsam aber stetig mit Leuten; news reports have dwindled to a mere trickle → Berichte pl → kommen or (secretively) → sickern nur noch ganz selten durch; arms deliveries have shrunk to a trickle → die Waffenlieferungen sind spärlich geworden; we cut their supplies to a trickle → wir haben ihren Nachschub drastisch reduziert

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trickle

:

trickle charger

n (Elec) → Kleinlader m

trickle-down

n (Econ) Wirtschaftstheorie, nach der sich der Reichtum einiger positiv auf die Gesamtgesellschaft auswirkt

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trickle

[ˈtrɪkl]

1. n (of liquid) → rivolo; (in drops) → gocciolio (fig) we've had only a trickle of customers → abbiamo avuto solo pochi clienti
there was a steady trickle of orders → gli ordini erano pochi ma regolari

2. vi (liquid) → gocciolare; (ball) → rotolare lentamente
to trickle in (orders, money) → arrivare a poco a poco
to trickle in/out (people) → entrare/uscire alla spicciolata

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trickle

(ˈtrikl) verb

to flow in small amounts. Blood was trickling down her face. afloop يَتَقَطَّرُ капя pingar kapat tröpfeln sive κυλώ σε μικρή ποσότητα gotear, resbalar un hilo de; salir poco a poco nirisema جاری شدن valua dégoutter לְטַפטֵף टपकना kapati, sipiti szivárog menitik drjúpa, seytla gocciolare, colare したたる 조금씩 흐르다 sruventi, varvėti pilēt; tecēt strūkliņā menitis druppelenpiple, siveciec جاری کیدل a se prelinge, a se scurge (încet) сочиться kvapkať curljati kapati droppa, sippra, tillra ไหลเป็นหยด sızmak 淌，細細地流 текти тонкою цівкою; сочитися رسنا chảy chậm, chảy nhỏ 淌，细流

noun

a small amount. a trickle of water; At first there was only a trickle of people but soon a crowd arrived. enkeles سَيْلان رَقيق، تَقَطُّر малко количество pouquinho kapka, troška dünner Strom lidt; få μικρή ποσότητα, μικρό πλήθος hilo, chorro delgado, goteo; poco, pequeña cantidad nire, tilk, käputäis جریان کم؛ قطره قطره pisara, kourallinen un peu, un petit nombre זֶרֶם חַלָש अल्पमात्रा mali broj szivárgás sedikit leki, seytl un po' したたり 흘러 내리는 것 srovelė strūkliņa; neliels daudzums titisan stroompjetynn strømodrobina, strumyczek څاڅکی څاڅکی، کم جریان puţin струйка kvapka, troška curek; peščica kap droppande, rännil การเคลื่อนอย่างช้า ๆ sızıntı 稀少，少量 струмочок, цівка تھوڑي مقدار số lượng nhỏ 细流，少量

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