trickle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
    drip; dribble.
    • there's a drip through the roof
  2. verb run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
    filter; dribble.
    • water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
    • reports began to dribble in

WordNet

Tric"kle intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, AS. strcan. See Strike, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Trickled ; present participle & verbal noun Trickling
Definitions
  1. To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
    His salt tears trickled down as rain. Chaucer.
    Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream. Spenser.

Webster 1913