Trickle

Definition of Trickle

Tric´kle   Pronunciation: trĭk´k'l
v. i.1.To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
[imp. & p. p. Trickled (trĭk"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Trickling (trĭk"klĭng).]
His salt tears trickled down as rain.
- Chaucer.
Fast beside there trickled softly down
A gentle stream.
- Spenser.
n.1.The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.
Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud.
- James Bryce.

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