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trickle
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trick·le  (trkl)
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.

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

trickle
Verb
[-ling, -led]
1. to flow or cause to flow in a thin stream or drops: tears trickled down her cheeks
2. to move slowly or in small groups: voters trickled to the polls
Noun
a thin, irregular, or slow flow of something: a trickle of blood [probably imitative]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.trickletrickle - flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
intravenous drip - slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time)
Verb1.trickletrickle - 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"
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"

trickle
noun 2. dribble, drip, seepage, thin stream
Translations

trickle [ˈtrɪkl] n [of water etc] → hilo
vigotear
trickle [ˈtrɪkl] n [of water etc] → filet m
vicouler en un filet or goutte à goutte;
to trickle in/out [people] → entrer/sortir par petits groupes
trickle [ˈtrɪkl] n [of water etc] → Rinnsal nt
vi [water, rain etc] → rinnen; [people] → sich langsam bewegen
trickle [ˈtrɪkl] n [of water etc] → rivolo; gocciolio
vigocciolare;
to trickle in/out [people] → entrare/uscire alla spicciolata

trickle
v trickle [ˈtrikl]
to flow in small amounts Blood was trickling down her face.afloopيَتَقَطَّرُкапяkapatsivetröpfelnκυλώ σε μικρή ποσότηταgotear, resbalar un hilo de (sangre/agua); poco a poco salirnirisemaجاری شدنtihkua, tippuadégoutterלְטַפטֵףटपकनाkapati, sipitiszivárogmenitikdrjúpa, seytlagocciolare, colareしたたる똑똑 떨어지다, 조금씩 흐르다sruventi, varvėtipilēt; tecēt strūkliņāmenitisdruppelenpiple, sivecieca se prelinge, a se scurge (încet)сочитьсяkvapkaťcurljatikapatidroppa, sippra, tillraไหลเป็นหยดsızmakтекти тонкою цівкою; сочитисяرسناchảy chậm, chảy nhỏ
n
a small amount a trickle of water; At first there was only a trickle of people but soon a crowd arrived.enkelesسَيْلان رَقيق، تَقَطُّرмалко количествоkapka, troškalidt; fådünner Stromμικρή ποσότητα, μικρό πλήθοςhilo, chorro delgado, goteo; poco, pequeña cantidadnire, tilk, käputäisجریان کم؛ قطره قطرهpisara, kourallinenun peu, un petit nombreזֶרֶם חַלָשअल्पमात्राmali brojszivárgássedikitleki, seytlun po'したたり소량, 소수srovelėstrūkliņa; neliels daudzumstitisanstroompjetynn strømodrobina, strumyczekpuţinструйкаkvapka, troškacurek; peščicakapdroppande, rännilการเคลื่อนอย่างช้า ๆsızıntı細流,少量струмочок, цівкаتھوڑي مقدارsố lượng nhỏ

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