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trickle
What does trickle mean?
trickle (verb): to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use trickle in a sentence?
- Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce trickle?
/ˈtɹɪkəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does trickle come from?
From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of trickle?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “trickle” mean?
to draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock
Not quite: that's what gasp means.
to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously
Right! That's what “trickle” means.
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Not quite: that's what hesitate means.
to endeavor to gain someone's affection or support
Not quite: that's what woo means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “trickle”?
qualify
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warrant
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dribble
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deposit
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