1
as in dripping
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 splashing
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the brook trickled along the glade
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as in sparse
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickling
Verb
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On sunny days, the reflection of that splashing water can be seen from a long distance.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
19 Dec. 2024 -
The man climbed in but slipped on the step, sending the coffee splashing across the seat.—
Greg Borowski,
Journal Sentinel,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Wild West was known for its absence of centralized authority, where law enforcement was sparse and rules were often made or broken on the spot.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
3 Aug. 2025
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But since winning the Super Bowl in the 1995 season, success has been sparse.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 July 2025
Verb
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This magnificent man kept showing up with flowers, leaving sweet cards, washing my car and filling my fridge.—
Kathlene Linehan,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Protect your furry friends by washing your hands, cleaning spills, and storing it out of reach.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But Souleymane’s difficulties go beyond the usual indignities of scant pay and exhausting hours.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
6 Aug. 2025
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Next best chance of rain The weather will be mostly dry through the week, with only scant chances of rain, the weather service said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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There was understandable tension in the quarter-final against Bayern Munich, but something was bubbling from minute one against Porto.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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One perk is that the bubbling stream provides the ideal ecosystem where hemlock and rhododendron thrive along the banks.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Smaller galaxies yielded even scantier quantities, with visible matter making up only about 0.05 percent of the least massive galaxies studied, Willman 1 and Segue 1.—
Andrew Grant,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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The sum total of records from the plague itself is scanty: three letters by Mompesson written in 1666, the parish’s burial register and inscriptions on graves scattered around the village.—
1843,
1843,
16 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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Even on Switch 2 hardware, the vanilla Kirby and the Forgotten Land is capped at a meager 30fps, so this framerate bump will be much appreciated.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Also, the meager battery life on some drones — some as short as 20 minutes — can prevent a mission before it's begun.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Aid trucks stopped coming and ingredients that had once been scarce became almost impossible to find.—
Hamada Shaqoura,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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That's key in a country where good-paying jobs are scarce.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Trickling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickling. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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