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Trickle

//ˈtɹɪkəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A very thin river.
"The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle."
2
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid wordnet
3
A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
"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. transitive
"The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound."
2
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream wordnet
3
to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously. intransitive
"Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent."
4
To move or roll slowly. intransitive
"Some [marbles] were found in a child's grave at Nagada, Egypt […] together with a set of ninepins and three rectangular bricks which could have formed an arch through which to trickle the balls."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire.

Etymology 2

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