trickle

(noun, verb)

noun

1. flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

Similar word(s): dribble, drip

Definition categories: event, flow, flowing

Sentences with trickle as a noun:

- The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.

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

verb

1. run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

- water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose

Similar word(s): dribble, filter

Definition categories: motion, course, feed, flow, run

Sentences with trickle as a verb:

- The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.

- 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.