trickled

verb

past tense of trickle
1
as in dripped
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 splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream the brook trickled along the glade

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Recent Examples of trickled As attendees trickled out of the meeting as the hours wore on, commissioners debated the future of the city’s film regulations. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 Word of Kreiz’s joining Paramount trickled out earlier in the day, but Ellison had already decided to wait until after market close to announce it. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026 From there the shape has trickled down to everyday retailers like Zara and Uniqlo, moving from a high-end outerwear statement into something a wider audience can buy off the rack. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 The protest camp, which had been reduced to a small corps of devotees, was growing by the hour as familiar faces trickled in for the moment of truth. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 While details about the wedding were initially kept under wraps, with guests reportedly asked to sign NDAs and lock away their phones for the evening, accounts from the night have slowly trickled out in the months following the nuptials. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026 Not considering some of the Looney Tunes whispers that have trickled out from behind Payton’s orange and blue curtain. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026 By the 1950s, this thinking had trickled down to the masses, and with help from women’s magazines, wearing white after Labor Day was considered inappropriate. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2026 But that does not appear to have trickled down to the average worker. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickled
  1. dripped
  2. splashed
  3. flowed
  4. washed
  5. poured
  6. bubbled
  7. rippled
Verb
  • As that water dripped across the shelter floor, calcium carbonate settled on anything lying around—logs, leaves, pine cones, and Neanderthal tools.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The castles are built by hand using sprayed and dripped water to form pillars, tunnels, fountains, crawl spaces and slides.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • Podcast platforms, which once splashed cash around, have also cut their spending.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This gargantuan show is replete with Pollock's greatest hits, the giant, frozen dances of paint splashed on canvas that have become iconic.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of splashed
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  • But that night, as the drinks flowed, Pattinson couldn’t help but riff on what an actor might do with the character.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The money allegedly flowed through a web of companies and bank accounts in Antigua, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and elsewhere.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • The collection also includes an oversize reversible bomber jacket, washed and distressed sweatshirts and T-shirts, a polo, baseball caps and dedicated kids’ pieces.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The tongs used to grab pastelitos, croquetas and empanadas from the hot box had been in use more than four hours without being washed, rinsed and sanitized again.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
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  • Like many songwriters who’ve ever poured their romantic sorrows out in their music, the challenge in this new era was getting acquainted with writing from a place of happiness instead, which can be a source of anxiety itself.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • It’s poured over ice and garnished with a fish pick and a fresh orchid blossom.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of poured
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  • And for the artists of a genre that first bubbled up three decades ago, reparto’s global takeover is just getting started.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In the back, tanks bubbled with live lobsters while crawfish squirmed in boxes nearby.
    — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
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  • Further complicating the government's efforts to bring the French deficit under control are nationwide student protests, which have rippled outward from Paris since late September.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As the System of a Down banner came down, disbelief rippled through the crowd, many of whom had been waiting all night.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026
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“Trickled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickled. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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