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trickle definition

trickle (trik′əl)

intransitive verb trickled -·led, trickling -·ling

  1. to flow slowly in a thin stream or fall in drops
  2. to move, come, go, etc. little by little the crowd trickled away

Etymology: ME triklen < ?

transitive verb

to cause to trickle

noun

  1. the act of trickling
  2. a slow, small flow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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