trickle
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.