Antonyms for trickle
| 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.
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- 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
Synonyms for trickle
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