what does trickle mean?
TRICKLE as NOUN
- Meaning
- flowing in drops
- the formation and falling of drops of liquid
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- there’’s a drip through the roof
Hypernyms(s) trickle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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TRICKLE as VERB
- Meaning
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
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- water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
- reports began to dribble in
Hypernyms(s) trickle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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