trickle
/ˈtɹɪkəl/ verb C2- to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously. · The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
- to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously. · Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.· The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.
- To move or roll slowly.
He/she/it trickles · Past trickled · Past participle trickled · -ing form trickling
Verb forms
- Base form
- trickle
- He/she/it
- trickles
- Past
- trickled
- Past participle
- trickled
- -ing form
- trickling
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(The unfortunate little Bill had left off writing on his slate with one finger, as he found it made no mark; but he now hastily began again, using the ink, that was trickling down his face, as long as it lasted.)
See this smear where it has trickled down the wall!
“Madame,” replied Monte Cristo gravely, and gazing earnestly on the two liquid pearls that trickled down Julie’s cheeks, “had Lord Wilmore seen what I now see, he would become attached to life, for the tears you shed would reconcile him to mankind;” and he held out his hand to Julie, who gave him hers, carried away by the look and accent of the count.
Countless vibrant small towns, once sustained by the steady trickle of highway travelers, were abruptly bypassed and subsequently entirely forgotten.
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