trickle
IPA: trˈɪkʌɫ
noun
- A very thin river.
- A very thin flow; the act of trickling.
verb
- (transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
- (intransitive) to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
- (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
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Examples of "trickle" in Sentences
- The rain trickled on the window.
- The water trickles along the window.
- Will Taliban trickle over to Kashmir
- Rice rules steady as arrivals trickle down.
- Suddenly the opinions will start to trickle in.
- On April 10 forces began to trickle in to the city.
- Only morons still believe in trickle-down economics.
- It is reduced to a mere trickle in the summer months.
- My contributions will continue to trickle in at an unsteady pace.
- A trickle of emigration continues, mainly to Israel and the United States.
- "The trickle from a few days ago ... is about to be a fire hose today," Maj.
- Then a plastic over that, and then in that is a what they call a trickle line or hose.
- Show me a trickle up theory that has ever been proven to work, and I'll quit believing in trickle down!
- In the republican party, the most qualified people in trickle up to the corner office in all their glory.
- This is what I call trickle down news, because we receive it after its been edited, re-edited, chewed, regurgitated and totally disguised.
- For now, the fact that a lot of national borrowing is denominated in U.S. dollars is leading to what we call trickle-up wealth destruction.
- Funny, we believe in 'trickle-down' spending and growth if it's coming from the government side, but we don't believe that cutting taxes works – if you're a democrat, that is. please go away, obama
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