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.
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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
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
