TRICKLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does trickle mean?
• TRICKLE (noun)
The noun TRICKLE has 1 sense:
1. flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
Familiarity information: TRICKLE used as a noun is very rare.
• TRICKLE (verb)
The verb TRICKLE has 1 sense:
1. run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
Familiarity information: TRICKLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRICKLE (noun)
Meaning:
Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
dribble; drip; trickle
Context example:
there's a drip through the roof
Hypernyms ("trickle" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trickle"):
intravenous drip (slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time))
• TRICKLE (verb)
Meaning:
Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
dribble; trickle; filter
Context examples:
water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose / reports began to dribble in
Hypernyms (to "trickle" is one way to...):
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trickle"):
leach; percolate (permeate or penetrate gradually)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
Water and oil trickle into the bowl
