English

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

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪk�l|-ɪk�l

Noun
trickle

1. a very thin river

#:The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.

1. 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.

Translations
trans-top|a very thin river
Finnish: puro
trans-mid
German: Rinnsal n
trans-bottom

trans-top|a very thin flow; the act of trickling
Finnish: noro
trans-mid
German: Tröpfeln n, Getröpfel n
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Verb
to trickle

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

#:The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.

1. intransitive to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously

#:Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
#:The film ws so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.

Translations
trans-top|to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously
Finnish: valuttaa
trans-mid
German: tröpfeln, träufeln
trans-bottom

trans-top|to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously
Finnish: valua, norua
trans-mid
German: tröpfeln
trans-bottom

Category:Liquids

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