Trickle (Verb)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- Oil trickled from the leak in the engine and onto the garage floor.
- A faint stream trickled from the top of the mountain down the rocks.
- A trickle of people emerged from the cinema after the late-night show.
- The noise trickled through the silence of the night and echoed through the desolate alley.
- As the storm grew weaker, the heavy rain began to trickle to a light drizzle.