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Synonyms for trickle
ˈtrɪk əltrick·le

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  1. trickle

    Synonyms:
    drip, drop, dribble, ooze, percolate, distil

    Antonyms:
    flow, rush, stream, pour, gush, burst

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  1. drip, trickle, dribbleverb

    flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

    "there's a drip through the roof"

    Synonyms:
    drool, drip, dribbling, drip mold, dribble, drivel, dripping, drip mould, slobber

  2. trickle, dribble, filterverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    drool, separate out, drivel, strain, slobber, dribble, permeate, percolate, slabber, drop, filter out, filter, filtrate, drip, carry, sink in, slaver

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  1. drizzle

    to slowly leak out of a container of any material.

    her bucket was not strong enough and the water would always drizzle out.

    Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

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  1. trickleverb

    Synonyms:
    drop, drip, flow gently

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  1. trickleverb

    Synonyms:
    dribble, drip, percolate, distill

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How to use trickle in a sentence?

  1. Hillary Rodham Clinton:

    Trickle-down economics has to be one of the worst ideas of the 1980s, it is right up there with New Coke, shoulder pads and big hair.

  2. Kevin Yam:

    At this point I would say it is a steady trickle rather than stampede but is most definitely happening.

  3. Jeremi Gorman:

    It definitely does start at the top, seeing those changes at the top is the most important lesson that we can teach the company at scale, and then obviously those kinds of things trickle down.

  4. John Wagner:

    We've seen travel has just about grinded down to just a small trickle, a fraction of what we were seeing before. For people to start traveling again, they're going to want to feel safe, they're going to want to feel that it's not going to expose them unnecessarily to getting sick.

  5. Christina Johns:

    We are definitely seeing an uptick in both infections over the last week, we are starting to see a slow and steady trickle of an increase of cases. And why is that ? Well, because this is the time of year when we typically start to see influenza begin to circulate.


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  • Rinnsal, Tröpfeln, Getröpfel, träufelnGerman
  • instilar, chorrear, riachueloSpanish
  • noro, valuttaa, valua, puro, noruttaa, noruaFinnish
  • ruisseauFrench
  • sheelManx
  • gocciolio, gocciolare, sgocciolio, sgocciolareItalian
  • stillareLatin
  • whakamāturu, whakamāturuturu, māturu, tohihī, māturuturu, koreto, kotokotoMāori
  • dryppeNorwegian
  • струйка, ручеёкRussian
  • droppandeSwedish

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