noun
definition
A very thin river.
example
The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.
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A very thin flow; the act of trickling.
example
The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.
verb
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To pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
example
The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
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To flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
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Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
definition
To move or roll slowly.
Examples of trickle in a Sentence
Sand had already begun to trickle into the bottom.
A trickle of lights lit up on the wall to her right.
He felt the tears trickle under his spectacles and hoped they would not be noticed.
She walked for half an hour, until rain began to trickle through the jungle overhead. Andre didn't reappear.
For the first time since he began his sick games, Jenn felt genuine fear trickle through her.
Her magic was but a trickle, and her head pounded with fatigue.
She was able to breathe deeply again and her weeping turned to a trickle.
A trickle of relief went through him as he realized he was able to fix one of the many issues he faced.
Despite the honor of his visit, she couldn't help but feel a trickle of familiar coldness at his still gaze.
With Xander incensed, he wasn't aware of the trickle of power she pushed into the red gem in her hand.
Hence from this level down the only solid matter is the coke, in lumps which are burning rapidly and hence shrinking, while between them the molten iron and slag trickle, somewhat as sketched in fig.
The trickle of a familiar stream heightened her dulled senses, and she forced herself onward, through the brush and to the stream.
If but 3000 gallons hourly trickle over and through an acre, and if we assume each gallon to contain no more than onetenth of a grain of plant food of the three sorts just named taken together, still the total, during a season including ninety days of actual irrigation, will not be less than 9 lb per acre.
They are indeed exceedingly beautiful; and yet the surrounding waste of hills is chiefly a barren repetition of sun-cracked crags and ridges with parched and withered valleys intersecting them, where a trickle of salt water leaves a white and leprous streak amongst the faded tamarisk or the yellow stalks of last season's grass.
Sofia shivered, unable to help the trickle of fear and pure hatred for the sick creature who tortured Darian.
He became aware of the subtle movement of air beneath the front door, the cloudlike cloak clenched in his left hand and gritty dirt beneath his right, the trickle of blood down his throat to his gullet.
In the third, Atkinson again came out attacking with Elriani finding success driving to length then sticking a trickle boast or straight drop.
This entails cleaning the battery terminals and connecting a Battery Tender or similar trickle charger.
The smoke has to trickle out through tiny crevices.
As Wrong shows, under Mobutu the Congolese people experienced not so much a ' trickle down ' as a bleeding dry.
Trickle Vents, Building Regulation Approved Document F (Ventilation ), are they required for replacement fenestration?
The flange lubricators use condensed steam direct from the auxiliary manifold and when correctly used apply a steady trickle of water to the flange.
A trickle of Gray and Yellow Wagtails overhead and a female pintail were the only sightings of any note.
Even collecting water proved time-consuming, the burn little more than a trickle deep-set between heathery banks.
Overhead a steady trickle of Swallows plus the odd House Martin.
The extremely dry early spring meant Ingleborough's streams were a mere trickle.
They can't explain why the slow trickle away from final salary schemes has become a raging torrent.
Despite this he fished on and fed a constant trickle of maggots into his swim, with a static bait over the top.
I found her inert, her head hanging down, a thin trickle of blood running from the corner of her mouth.
Instead, a gentle trickle arrived from approximately 0630 onwards.
You may have trickle vents on your windows that you can keep open, too.
A trickle ventilator may be incorporated within the window frame.
The steady trickle of deaths in football has led to mandatory screening for all junior recruits at Premier League clubs.
The extremely dry early spring meant Ingleborough 's streams were a mere trickle.
They ca n't explain why the slow trickle away from final salary schemes has become a raging torrent.
The controlled trickle irrigation system allows the precise control of salinity levels in the field.
I think you may do best to run the pump off a car battery maintained by a trickle charger.
It can be opened for trickle ventilation or fully opened to allow access to the roof for maintenance.
If Fran learned a tight drop shot and trickle boast once every ten shots or so, it would improve her game 30 %.
By giving the rich all the wealth, poor people were supposed to benefit by a " trickle down effect ".
The trickle of visible migrants included 3 White Wagtails passing overhead at the Bill.
She touches the fresh trickle of blood on her head.
Trickle ventilation is through the head section into an integral groove.
It is helpful to trickle charge your battery at least once a month.
With this type of set-up even a small trickle of a spring or stream can power your home as long as you have enough of a land drop to increase the velocity of the water down the side of the hill or mountain.
Modern interior design ideas trickle down from design shows like Maison et Objet, Salone de Mobile in Italy, and High Point Furniture Market in North Carolina.
Fortunately, trends trickle down in this area as well, so junior girls will find plenty of ways to add unique flair to their outfits.
Thank you cards are easier to manage if you write them as the gifts trickle in.
Filling a bathtub, or using a performance shower system are beyond the capabilities of the demand heater, and a slow trickle of water, such as those used for shaving or tooth brushing, will not trigger the heater.
The use of eyeglasses finally began to trickle down to the average person rather than remaining in monasteries and in the homes of the wealthiest members of society.