trickle
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trick·le
(trĭk′əl)v. trick·led, trick·ling, trick·les
v.intr.
1. To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream.
2. To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit: The audience trickled in.
v.tr.
To cause to trickle.
n.
1. The act or condition of trickling.
2. A slow, small, or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds, or occurs intermittently.
[Middle English triklen, perhaps variant of striklen, frequentative of striken, to flow; see strike.]
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trickle
(ˈtrɪkəl)vb
1. to run or cause to run in thin or slow streams: she trickled the sand through her fingers.
2. (intr) to move, go, or pass gradually: the crowd trickled away.
n
3. a thin, irregular, or slow flow of something
4. the act of trickling
[C14: perhaps of imitative origin]
ˈtrickling adj
ˈtricklingly adv
ˈtrickly adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
trick•le
(ˈtrɪk əl)v. -led, -ling,
n. v.i.
1. to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.
2. to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the room.
v.t. 3. to cause to trickle.
n. 4. a trickling flow or stream.
5. a small, slow, or irregular quantity of anything coming, going, or proceeding.
[1325–75; Middle English triklen, trekelen (v.)]
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trickle
Past participle: trickled
Gerund: trickling
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| Noun | 1. |  trickle - flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"intravenous drip - slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time) |
| Verb | 1. |  trickle - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" |
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trickle
verb
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Translations
سَيْلان رَقيق، تَقَطُّريَتَقَطَّرُ
kapatkapkatroška
fålidtsive
valuavaluttaa
drjúpa, seytlaleki, seytl
sruventi
neliels daudzumspilētstrūkliņatecēt strūkliņā
kapljanjekapljati
sızıntısızmak
trickle
[ˈtrɪkl]A. N
B. VI
2. (fig) (slowly) → ir despacio; (gradually) → poco a poco
people kept trickling in → la gente seguía entrando poco a poco
people kept trickling in → la gente seguía entrando poco a poco
trickle away VI + ADV our money is trickling away → nuestro dinero se consume poco a poco
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
trickle
[ˈtrɪkəl] n
vi
[water, blood, sweat] → couler
A tear trickled down the old man's cheek → Une larme coula lentement sur la joue du vieil homme.
A tear trickled down the old man's cheek → Une larme coula lentement sur la joue du vieil homme.
to trickle in [people] → entrer par petits groupes; [donations, letters] → arriver au compte-gouttes
Small donations are already trickling in → Quelques maigres dons arrivent déjà au compte-gouttes.
to trickle into sth [people] → entrer qch au compte-gouttes, entrer qch par petits groupes; [cars, donations] → arriver au compte-gouttes, arriver petit à petit
to trickle out [people] → sortir par petits groupes
The tourists began trickling back to the buses → Les touristes se mirent à retourner vers les cars par petits groupes.trick or treat n "une farce ou une gâterie", phrase par laquelle les enfants qui font la quête la nuit de Halloween menacent de jouer un tour à ceux qui ne leur donnent pas des sucreriestrick photography n → trucage mtrick question n → question-piège f
Small donations are already trickling in → Quelques maigres dons arrivent déjà au compte-gouttes.
to trickle into sth [people] → entrer qch au compte-gouttes, entrer qch par petits groupes; [cars, donations] → arriver au compte-gouttes, arriver petit à petit
to trickle out [people] → sortir par petits groupes
The tourists began trickling back to the buses → Les touristes se mirent à retourner vers les cars par petits groupes.trick or treat n "une farce ou une gâterie", phrase par laquelle les enfants qui font la quête la nuit de Halloween menacent de jouer un tour à ceux qui ne leur donnent pas des sucreriestrick photography n → trucage mtrick question n → question-piège f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
trickle
vi
(liquid) → tröpfeln, tropfen; tears trickled down her cheeks → Tränen kullerten ihr über die Wangen; the rain trickled down his neck → der Regen tropfte ihm in den Kragen; if you don’t fix the leak the water will all trickle away/out → wenn Sie die undichte Stelle nicht abdichten, tropft das ganze Wasser heraus; the sand trickled through his fingers → der Sand rieselte ihm durch die Finger
vt liquid → tröpfeln, träufeln, tropfenweise gießen
n
(fig) a steady trickle of people gradually filled the lecture hall → der Hörsaal füllte sich langsam aber stetig mit Leuten; news reports have dwindled to a mere trickle → Berichte pl → kommen or (secretively) → sickern nur noch ganz selten durch; arms deliveries have shrunk to a trickle → die Waffenlieferungen sind spärlich geworden; we cut their supplies to a trickle → wir haben ihren Nachschub drastisch reduziert
trickle
:trickle charger
n (Elec) → Kleinlader m
trickle-down
n (Econ) Wirtschaftstheorie, nach der sich der Reichtum einiger positiv auf die Gesamtgesellschaft auswirkt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
trickle
[ˈtrɪkl]1. n (of liquid) → rivolo; (in drops) → gocciolio (fig) we've had only a trickle of customers → abbiamo avuto solo pochi clienti
there was a steady trickle of orders → gli ordini erano pochi ma regolari
there was a steady trickle of orders → gli ordini erano pochi ma regolari
2. vi (liquid) → gocciolare; (ball) → rotolare lentamente
to trickle in (orders, money) → arrivare a poco a poco
to trickle in/out (people) → entrare/uscire alla spicciolata
to trickle in (orders, money) → arrivare a poco a poco
to trickle in/out (people) → entrare/uscire alla spicciolata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
trickle
(ˈtrikl) verb to flow in small amounts. Blood was trickling down her face.
noun a small amount. a trickle of water; At first there was only a trickle of people but soon a crowd arrived.
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