Trickle
['trɪk(ə)l] or ['trɪkl]
Definition
(verb.) run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; 'water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose'; 'reports began to dribble in'.
Typed by Cedric--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Drop, drip, flow gently.
Editor: Rochelle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Drip, drop, dribble, ooze, percolate, distil
ANT:Flow, rush, stream, pour, gush, burst
Typed by Levi
Definition
v.i. to flow gently or in a small stream.—n. a trickling rill.—n. Trick′let a little rill.—adj. Trick′ly trickling.
Checked by Bernie
Examples
- The green lane widened into a little circle of grass, where there was a small trickle of water at the bottom of a sloping bank. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Here and there a ball still sticks in a wall, and from it iron tears trickle down and discolor the stone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As he turned aside his face a minute, I saw a tear slide from under the sealed eyelid, and trickle down the manly cheek. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Absolute exhaustion--possibly mere hunger and fatigue, said I, with my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled thin and small. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A stream of water trickled ceaselessly over the hideous face. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Nothing fell upon the ground but a few particles of froth, which slowly detached themselves from the rim, and trickled lazily down. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- One edition of jelly was trickled from pot to pot, another lay upon the floor, and a third was burning gaily on the stove. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Saint Mary Axe,' Fledgeby put in, as he wiped away the tears that trickled from his eyes, so rare was his enjoyment of his secret joke. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, Mas'r, said Tom, putting up his hand, to wipe the blood, that trickled down his face. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is not necessary for you to tell me again, said Rosamond, in a voice that fell and trickled like cold water-drops. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He has bathed his forehead, and the blood has ceased trickling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Rochester opened the shirt of the wounded man, whose arm and shoulder were bandaged: he sponged away blood, trickling fast down. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His hand was trickling down with blood as he said to me, “Then I hope that I may never kill him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is a pond about one hundred feet square and four feet deep, with a stream of water trickling into it from under an overhanging ledge of rocks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I must dip my hand again and again in the basin of blood and water, and wipe away the trickling gore. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- On awaking with daylight, a trickling of water caught my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- While the rain was trickling down his nose, his voice, trembling with rage and impatience, cried out, You old idiot, do you know me now? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Gudrun looked and saw the trickles of blood on the sides of the mare, and she turned white. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A spring trickles out of the rock in the gloomy recesses of the cavern, and we were thirsty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Wendell