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trickle

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/ˈtɹɪkəl/ English

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noun

  1. A very thin river.“The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.”
  2. 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.”

verb

  1. To pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.“The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.”
  2. To flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.“Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.”
  3. To move or roll slowly.

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