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- [trik-uh l]
- /ˈtrɪk əl/
- /ˈtrɪk.l̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trik-uh l]
- /ˈtrɪk əl/
Definitions of trickle word
- verb without object trickle to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks. 1
- verb without object trickle to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the room. 1
- verb with object trickle to cause to trickle. 1
- noun trickle a trickling flow or stream. 1
- noun trickle a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding: a trickle of visitors throughout the day. 1
- noun trickle slow stream 1
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Origin of trickle
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English triklen, trekelen (v.), apparently sandhi variant of strikle, perhaps equivalent to strike (in obsolete sense “flow”) + -le
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Parts of speech for Trickle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trickle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trickle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trickle
verb trickle
- beaded — A beaded dress, cushion, or other object is decorated with beads.
- beading — Beading is a narrow strip of wood that is used for decorating or edging furniture and doors.
- bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- bubble — Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid.
noun trickle
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- dewdrop — a drop of dew
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- minim — the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- drip — to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
Antonyms for trickle
verb trickle
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- cataracted — a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- come to light — to be revealed
- crop up — If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
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