Definitions for trickle
ˈtrɪk əltrick·le

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. drip, trickle, dribbleverb

   flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

   "there's a drip through the roof"

2. trickle, dribble, filterverb

   run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

   "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tricklenoun

   A very thin river.

   The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.

2. tricklenoun

   A very thin flow; the act of trickling.

   The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.

3. trickleverb

   to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously

   The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.

4. trickleverb

   to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously

5. trickleverb

   To move or roll slowly.

6. Etymology: Originally of tears; from strickle, frequentative of strike, by elision (probably because tears trickle is easier to pronounce than tears strickle).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Trickleverb

   To fall in drops; to rill in a slender stream.

   He, prick’d with pride,
   Forth spurred fast; adown his courser’s side
   The red blood trickling, stain’d the way. Fa. Qu. b. i.

   Fast beside there trickled softly down
   A gentle stream, whose murm’ring wave did play
   Amongst the pumy stones, and made a sound
   To lull him soft asleep that by it lay. Fa. Qu. b. ii.

   Some noises help sleep; as, the blowing of the wind, and trickling of water, as moving in the spirits a gentle attention, which stilleth the discursive motion. Francis Bacon.

   He wakened by the trickling of his blood. Richard Wiseman.

   Beneath his ear the fast’ned arrow stood,
   And from the wound appear’d the trickling blood. Dryden.

   All at once his grief and rage appear’d,
   And floods of tears ran trickling down his beard. Dryden.

   He lay stretch’d along, his eyes fixt upward,
   And ever and anon a silent tear
   Stole down, and trickled from his hoary beard. Dryden.

   The emblems of honour wrought on the front in the brittle materials above-mentioned, trickled away under the first impressions of the heat. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 28.

   Imbrown’d with native bronze, lo! Henly stands,
   Tuning his voice and balancing his hands:
   How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue!
   How sweet the periods, neither said nor sung. Alexander Pope.

   They empty heads console with empty sound.
   No more, alas! the voice of fame they hear,
   The balm of dulness trickling in their ear. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

   Subdu’d,
   The frost resolves into a trickling thaw. James Thomson, Winter.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trickle

   Trickle is the second and most recent album from English trip hop band Olive.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trickle

   Trickle refers to a small or slow flow or movement of something, often a liquid, in a thin stream or drops over a period of time. It can also refer to the gradual or slow spread or accumulation of something. The term is also used metaphorically to describe a situation where something is supplied or received in small quantities over a period.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trickleverb

   to flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trickle

   Trickle is the second and most recent album from English trip-hop band Olive.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trickle

   trik′l, v.i. to flow gently or in a small stream.—n. a trickling rill.—n. Trick′let, a little rill.—adj. Trick′ly, trickling. [M. E. triklen, prob. for striklen, freq. of striken, to go.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TRICKLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trickle is ranked #91221 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Trickle surname appeared 202 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Trickle.
   
   97.5% or 197 total occurrences were White.

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Anagrams for trickle »

1. tickler

How to pronounce trickle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say trickle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trickle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trickle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of trickle in a Sentence

1. Matthew Messer:

   I was offering $ 18 - $ 22 an hour and I got no applications. I increased it to $ 23 and I got none. I increased it to $ 25 and they're starting to trickle in right now, it was a dramatic increase, but in order to grow the business, I need technicians.

2. Christina Johns:

   We are definitely seeing an uptick in both infections over the last week, we are starting to see a slow and steady trickle of an increase of cases. And why is that ? Well, because this is the time of year when we typically start to see influenza begin to circulate.

3. Marvin Loh:

   In an economy that's 60 % driven by services, you can see how easily that outlook on spending in a narrow group of income earners has a bigger effect on a larger group of Americans, this is the definition of trickle-down.

4. Gaurav Saroliya:

   There has been a trickle of headlines documenting the global spread, what we haven't seen quite yet is meaningful spread to Europe or the U.S. Until that happens or you begin to actually see the effects of the virus in macro data in China and beyond China, the markets in the West, particularly the equity and credit markets, are likely to stay in a bit of denial.

5. Lucas Chancel:

   The work that we've been doing really shows that, in fact, these claims -- or this idea of trickle-down economics -- does not pass the scrutiny of data, key lessons from the past 40 years of data is that the cuts in top tax rates have not triggered prosperity for all, as they were supposed to trigger.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trickle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trickle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=trickle
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trickle
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trickle
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=trickle
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=trickle