trickles
noun
- 1
A very thin river.
“The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.”
- 2
A very thin flow; the act of trickling.
“The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.”
verb
- 1
To pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
“The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.”
- 2
To flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
“Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.”
- 3
To move or roll slowly.
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