trickle.
A very thin river.
Meaning & usage
A very thin river.
The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.
A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire.
to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
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.
To move or roll slowly.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire.
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