TRICKLING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in sparse

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trickling

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verb

present participle of trickle

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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as in splashing

to flow in a broken irregular stream the brook trickled along the glade

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However, based on the photos trickling out, no one looked like they were handed the same instructions on the RSVP. — Lizzie Logan, Glamour, 4 July 2026 Bookings have been trickling in for four months as the teams advanced, and higher-stakes matches were confirmed. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 July 2026 All season, Shamea and Porsha have circled each other, barely uttering a direct word, but the tensions seep to the rest of the group, trickling into every interaction. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026 As a Chief Clinical Officer at Help Texts, a global grief support platform, Melissa Lunardini has spent the last two years training grief experts on the AI tools that are trickling into the industry. — Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026 Juan Fernando Quintero came on in the second half and delivered a trickling setup for defender Daniel Muñoz. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2026 This was a time in Hollywood when visual effects tricks and technology started trickling down to television, and the results were some damn fine sci-fi TV. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 June 2026 Outside, a marble statue floats in a trickling fountain. — Jenna Thompson june 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026 No trickling mountain streams or cascading waterfalls, no sky-blue lakes and rivers. — Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickling

Adjective

The foundation’s website is sparse, featuring a short mission statement, three stated goals, a donation button, and Pratt’s name.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
Her efforts turned the exhibit into a showcase of Massachusetts products and culture instead of one of the sparse displays found elsewhere at the fair.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 July 2026

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The result is an urgent, propulsive song with a raw spirit and some of Pop’s most super-charged writing with deceptively simple lyrics about love and war, dripping with desperation.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
The simulations that captured the localized effects of individual large impacts also produced wholesale recycling of crust back into the mantle, with material dripping down to depths of at least 600 kilometers.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

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Instead of splashing photos of their designer gowns all over social media for fans to commend or criticize, the four brides have taken a beat.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
As extreme heat hits Boston, residents are finding ways to stay cool, from splashing in Frog Pond to stocking up on water at Fenway Park, while city officials and utility crews urge people to take precautions.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 2 July 2026

Definition of splashing

Adjective

The scant few remaining Arm compatibility concerns revolve around old printers and proprietary apps, but these have been all but squashed for the average user.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
Deep insights from the athletes themselves, in The Cruelest Game and in press coverage generally, are scant.

— Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

Definition of scant

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Usually, this means consuming the affected food or drink directly, or touching something contaminated and then touching your mouth without washing your hands.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Trim green onions by taking off the root end and removing the outer layer before washing them.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 July 2026

Definition of washing

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The Reflecting Pool turned green and pieces of the liner started bubbling up to the surface after it was painted last month.

— Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 9 July 2026
The tea leaves are placed in bubbling jacuzzis four times over, ridding them of any impurities, albeit minimal given that the farm is organic and so large that there is no pesticide drift from neighboring farms.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of bubbling

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