Trickle

/ˈtrɪkəl/

Meaning & Definition

noun

a small, slender stream.

A gentle trickle of water was heard from the nearby brook.

a slow and gradual flow or movement.

There was a trickle of information coming from the press.

verb

to flow in a thin stream or in a slow and unsteady manner.

The water began to trickle down the side of the mountain.

to come or go slowly in small amounts.

Visitors will trickle in throughout the day.

Middle English tricolen, frequentative of tricke, a variant of trick; akin to Old English trēocan to drip.

trickle down effect:

The way benefits or resources gradually flow from the top levels of a hierarchy to the lower levels.

trickle in:

To enter or arrive gradually.

make a trickle:

To create a small, slow flow of something.

To move slowly or in a relaxed manner.

I was just trickling through the park, enjoying the day.

To come in slowly, often used in reference to people arriving.

The party started slow; people were trickling in one by one.