drip, trickle, dribble
(noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; “there’s a drip through the roof”
trickle, dribble, filter
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
trickle (plural trickles)
A very thin river.
A very thin flow; the act of trickling.
trickle (third-person singular simple present trickles, present participle trickling, simple past and past participle trickled)
(transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
(intransitive) to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
(intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
• tickler
Source: Wiktionary
Tric"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trickled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trickling.] Etym: [OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. str. See Strike, v. t.]
Definition: To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops. His salt tears trickled down as rain. Chaucer. Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.