trickle

/ˈtrɪkəl/

/ˈtrɪkəl/

Other forms: trickling; trickled; trickles

To trickle is to weakly flow out of something, like a faucet. A trickle is like a drip.

There are a lot of ways water can flow, but one type of slow dripping is called trickling. If your shower is only releasing a trickle of water, you're not going to get much of a shower. If it's raining — but only a trickle — you might not need an umbrella. A slightly leaky roof is trickling. A trickle is the opposite of a downpour or flood. Trickling can also be called dribbling.

Definitions of trickle

1. verb

   run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
   “water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose”

   synonyms: dribble, filter

   types:

   leach, percolate

   permeate or penetrate gradually

   type of:

   course, feed, flow, run

   move along, of liquids
2. noun

   flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
   synonyms: dribble, drip

   types:

   intravenous drip

   slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time)

   type of:

   flow, flowing

   the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)