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Grammar : Verb
Spell : trik-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɪk əl



Definition of trickle

Origin :
  • late 14c., possibly a shortened variant of stricklen "to trickle," a frequentative form of striken "to flow, move" (see strike). Related: Trickled; trickling. Trickle-down as an adjectival phrase in an economic sense first recorded 1944; the image had been in use at least since Teddy Roosevelt.
  • verb run out
Example sentences :
  • The huge still continued to trickle forth its alcoholic sweat.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • There was a trickle of water down the quarsteel he was leaning against!
  • Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter
  • If this is a trickle then Noah's flood couldn't have been more than a splash.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In Fig. 151, an example of connections for a "Trickle" charge is given.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The sweat was beginning to trickle in the hair of the fat cattle.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • A trickle of smoke came up from the chimney and they saw the door was open.
  • Extract from : « Project Mastodon » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • A trickle of smoke was rising from a camp-fire and a man was bending over it.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • A trickle of blood dropped to his cheek from a cut over his eye.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • There was always a trickle of information into headquarters by subterranean ways.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • He lets that trickle through for a minute or so, and then he comes back to life.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

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