Trickle

noun

/ˈtɹɪkəl/

Word Frequency: 1.4

Definitions

1.nounA very thin river.

"The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle."

2.nounA very thin flow; the act of trickling.

"The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night."

3.verbTo pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.

"The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound."

4.verbTo flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.

"Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent."

5.verbTo move or roll slowly.

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