trickle

//ˈtrɪk.əl//
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Verb

trickleInfinitive
tricklePresent tense
trickledPast tense
trickledPast participle
tricklingPresent participle
tricklesThird-person singular
1

To flow or fall in drops or in a thin, slow stream.

Water trickled down the window.

2

To move, come, or go slowly or gradually in small numbers or amounts.

Guests began to trickle into the party.

Noun

trickleSingular
tricklesPlural
1

A thin, slow flow or stream of liquid.

A trickle of water ran down the window.

2

A small or gradual movement of people or things.

There was only a trickle of visitors to the museum today.

Antonym