Trickle
verb (used without object), trickled, trickling.
1.
to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream:
Tears trickled down her cheeks.
2.
to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly:
The guests trickled out of the room.
verb (used with object), trickled, trickling.
3.
to cause to trickle.
noun
4.
a trickling flow or stream.
5.
a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding:
a trickle of visitors throughout the day.
verb
1.
to run or cause to run in thin or slow streams: she trickled the sand through her fingers
2.
(intransitive) to move, go, or pass gradually: the crowd trickled away
noun
3.
a thin, irregular, or slow flow of something
4.
the act of trickling
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