TRICKLE

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

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Etymology

Noun

trickle (plural trickles)

A very thin river.

A very thin flow; the act of trickling.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• tickler

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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