1
as in to drip
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
trickled a little honey into her tea
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2
as in to splash
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the brook trickled along the glade
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Recent Examples of trickle
Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
By the end of that decade, new supply was down to a trickle just as population growth was about to surge again.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Royalist émigrés began to trickle back into the country in 1795, and a number of Jacobins who renounced their earlier radicalism were also reintegrated into civil society.
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Running water through the pipe — even at a trickle — helps prevent pipes from freezing.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
By the end of that decade, new supply was down to a trickle just as population growth was about to surge again.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
Although such recommendations take time to trickle into state regulations, a number of them appeared in a building code that California enacted in 2008, Chapter 7A, which set unprecedented standards for new houses in the most fire-prone areas.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Royalist émigrés began to trickle back into the country in 1795, and a number of Jacobins who renounced their earlier radicalism were also reintegrated into civil society.
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickle
Verb
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Amelia Gray was, fittingly, dripping in crystal for the Swarovski Masters of Light celebration in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes, they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Avdija capped off the incendiary 12 minutes by splashing his fourth trey of the half to give the Blazers a 69-56 halftime lead.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mazlish watched as his wife programmed her insulin pump to deliver both dribbles of basal insulin throughout the day and a large bolus with meals.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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During his basketball era, the Hall of Fame small forward dominated both ends of the court, effectively guarding the opposing team's best perimeter player while also creating his own shot off the dribble or initiating actions on the other end.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As Snell continued to tire and miss his spots, Toronto’s opportunities kept flowing.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Drawings of the Duffield Cave, as seen in the YouTube video, show that the section has a narrow entrance, then curves upward before flowing left, dropping down again and bending right before angling back up to a larger chamber.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The tables were empty and the bar deserted, the only sign of life the clank and swish of dishes being washed in the back, through the swinging double doors.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Hands and surfaces should be washed after preparing raw meat.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her baseball uniform and hat were given the Halloween treatment with blood spatters on her shirt and face.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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That left the vacation-friends spatter-fest Speak No Evil to provide Blumhouse’s only positive cash flow for the year.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In their 2021 work, the Google researchers were able to observe in detail how information spread across Sycamore’s grid of qubits, rippling outward from an initial state.—
Dan Garisto,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
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Paying off just the interest on this debt threatens to ripple through the economy.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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However, several injuries, including a 2023 ACL tear, limited him to just 17 games over the last two seasons, and he's already missed one game this season due to a concussion.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Fix window and door screens Because of their small size, adult fruit flies can easily get in through cracks and tears in bug screens.—
Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Trickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickle. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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