trickle
pronunciation
How to pronounce trickle in British English:
UK [ˈtrɪkl]
How to pronounce trickle in American English:
US [ˈtrɪkl]
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- Noun:
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
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- Verb:
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
Word Origin
- trickle (n.)
- 1570s, from trickle (v.).
- trickle (v.)
- late 14c., intransitive, of uncertain origin, possibly a shortened variant of stricklen "to trickle," a frequentative form of striken "to flow, move" (see strike (v.)). Transitive sense from c. 1600. Related: Trickled; trickling. Trickle-down as an adjectival phrase in an economic sense first recorded 1944; the image had been in use at least since Teddy Roosevelt.
Example
- 1. Corporate bond issuance has slowed to a trickle .
- 2. A steady trickle of cubans posted to venezuela or travelling abroad choose not to return .
- 3. What was just a trickle of controls before the current crisis is now a flood .
- 4. Their ramblings seemed to have more truth in them than madness , as the trickle of souls became a torrent .
- 5. The trickle of shopping bags leaving the store with merchandise was nothing like the steady stream at a bustling apple store upstairs .