verb
- past tense of trickle; flowed in a thin, slow stream
- past tense of trickle; moved or came slowly in small amounts
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- Water trickled down the window after the rain.
- Blood trickled from the small cut on his finger.
- News of the accident trickled in throughout the day.
- A few people trickled into the theater before the show.
- Sweat trickled down her face during the workout.
- Information trickled out slowly from the investigation.
- The stream trickled over the rocks in the forest.