trickleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈtrɪk.əl/us/ˈtrɪk.əl/trickle verb [ I ] (LIQUID)
trickle down, from, out of, etc. sth
If liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly and without force in a thin line:
Blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth.
Oil was trickling from a tiny hole in the tank.
trickle verb [ I ] (SMALL NUMBER)
trickle in, out, back, etc.
to arrive or move somewhere slowly and gradually, in small numbers:
Gradually people trickled back into the theatre for the second half.
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Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- hang around
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- labour
- mill
- slowpoke
- sluggish
- snail
- steadily
- steady
- struggle
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tricklenoun
uk/ˈtrɪk.əl/us/ˈtrɪk.əl/trickle noun (SMALL NUMBER)
[ S ] a very small number of people or things arriving or leaving somewhere:
We usually only get a trickle of customers in the mornings.
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
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trickle noun (LIQUID)
[ C ] a small amount of liquid that is flowing slowly in a thin line:
A trickle of melted butter made its way down his chin.