Trickle

//ˈtɹɪkəl//

Synonyms for "trickle" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

drip a few condensation condense distill distillation drain dribble dripping

Noun(2 words)

dribble drip

Verb(1 words)

dribble

Strong matches (17)

drippings dripple drizzle drop exude filter flow gurgle handful leach leaching leak leak out leakage leaking limited number

Verb(1 words)

filter

Related words (29)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

course feed flow flowing run

Synonyms

1 entries

drip

derived

6 entries

trickle charge trickle charger trickle down trickle truth trickle-down trickle-up trend

etymologically related_to

8 entries

apron daffodil newt nickname orange strickle strike umpire

manner of

1 entries

run

related to

9 entries

continuous drop fall flow liquid pour river stream thin

Translations

82 translations across 26 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

ծորալ verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Bulgarian

2 entries

капене noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
капя verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)

Catalan

2 entries

rajar verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
regalimar verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Cornish

1 entries

devera verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Czech

4 entries

pramínek noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
čůrek noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
kanout verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
stékat po kapkách verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Dutch

1 entries

druppelen verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Finnish

4 entries

noro noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
puro noun (a very thin river)
norua verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
noruttaa verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)

French

4 entries

dégoulinade noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
filet noun (a very thin river)
dégouliner verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
ruisseler verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Galician

1 entries

pingar verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

German

4 entries

Getröpfel noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
Rinnsal noun (a very thin river)
Tröpfeln noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
rieseln verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Gujarati

1 entries

ટપકવું verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)

Ingrian

1 entries

valuttaa verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)

Irish

3 entries

silín noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
sil verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)
sil verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Italian

4 entries

gocciolio noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
sgocciolio noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
gocciolare verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
sgocciolare verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Latin

1 entries

stillare verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Manx

1 entries

sheel verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Māori

4 entries

hohō verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
koreto verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
kotokoto verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)
māturu verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

herik noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
robar noun (a very thin river)

Persian

1 entries

چک چک کردن verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)

Russian

3 entries

ручеёк noun (a very thin river)
стру́йка noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
сочи́ться verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Sanskrit

1 entries

गलति verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Slovak

3 entries

jarok noun (a very thin river)
pramienok noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
stružka noun (a very thin river)

Spanish

4 entries

chiringuito noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
chorreo noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
goteo noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
instilación noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)

Swedish

1 entries

droppande noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)

Ukrainian

4 entries

струмочок noun (a very thin river)
цівка noun (a very thin flow; the act of trickling)
крапати verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)
лити цівкою verb (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chảy nhỏ giọt verb (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I felt the sweat trickle down my brow.

Source: tatoeba (21027)

Encouraged by the continuing trickle of hits and the rarely arriving email I've somehow kept going till now.

Source: tatoeba (327285)

A trickle of blood ran down his neck.

Source: tatoeba (327924)

At first it was just a trickle of mainly Chinese tourists arriving to make their way to the dying city' of Civita di Bagnoregio. Then it became a flood.

Source: tatoeba (7023238)

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