trickle
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈtrɪkəl/
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goteo
- Never voluminous, her output dwindled to the merest trickle in the last three decades of her life.
- a trickle of water
- a slow trickle
- reduced to a trickle
They started leaving first in trickles, then in hoards.
- They started leaving first in trickles, then in hoards.
- You know, I would say there was a small trickle.
- They started leaving first in trickles, then in hordes.
- And I looked over and I saw, saw this slow, dark trickle of blood.
- And it was this trickle effect or what's it called?
Examples
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It began with a tiny trickle of water.
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The floor was coated with mud, and a trickle of water meandered along one wall.
Fiction book (1992) -
By that it really meant a small trickle of cases.
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After a while, a trickle turns into a stream.
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What began a few years ago as a trickle has now become a flood.
Academic text (1992) -
The room was cool, but a trickle of sweat began to run down her back.
Fiction book (1991) -
In time, as the trickle of desperate letters and cards stopped entirely, serious concerns were raised.
Academic text (2010) -
On my way back to bed, I noticed a trickle of light seeping under Andrew's door.
Fiction book (1993) -
The 1990s saw the commitments of many donors decline to a trickle and become increasingly sporadic.
Academic text (2006) -
A small trickle of water flowed gently down the mountain after the rain.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small drop of liquid that falls, often one after another
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3.1
A small slow flow of liquid in drops
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1.0
A small drop of water that falls from something wet
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8.1
Liquid that falls as small drops from a surface like a roof
A slow steady flow of liquid from a small opening
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Etymology
The word trickle comes from an old sound-making word that copied the tiny noise of drops falling, a bit like the word drip. So a trickle is a 'small, slow flow' or a thin stream of drops.