Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream.
- intransitive verb To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit.
- intransitive verb To cause to trickle.
- noun The act or condition of trickling.
- noun A slow, small, or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds, or occurs intermittently.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trickling stream; a rill.
- noun See the quotation.
- To flow in a small interrupted stream; run down in drops: as, water trickles from the eaves.
- To let fall a liquid in drops or small broken streams; drip.
- To pass or flow gently like a small stream.
- To cause to trickle; pour or shed in small, slow streams.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.
- intransitive verb To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A very
thin river . - noun A very
thin flow ; the act of trickling. - verb transitive to
pour aliquid in a verythin stream , or so thatdrops fall continuously - verb intransitive to
flow in a verythin stream ordrop continuously - verb intransitive To move or roll slowly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- verb run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Then a plastic over that, and then in that is a what they call a trickle line or hose.
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This is what I call trickle down news, because we receive it after its been edited, re-edited, chewed, regurgitated and totally disguised.
Biga's Rants - A Townhall.com user blog Gram1 2010
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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.
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In the republican party, the most qualified people in trickle up to the corner office in all their glory.
Think Progress » Steele on serving as RNC chair: God has ‘placed me here for a reason.’ 2010
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In the republican party, the most qualified people in trickle up to the corner office in all their glory.
Think Progress » Steele on serving as RNC chair: God has ‘placed me here for a reason.’ 2010
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Show me a trickle up theory that has ever been proven to work, and I'll quit believing in trickle down!
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Show me a trickle up theory that has ever been proven to work, and I'll quit believing in trickle down!
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"The trickle from a few days ago ... is about to be a fire hose today," Maj.
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Only morons still believe in trickle-down economics.
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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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I've been trickle truthed for more than five years. It's stopped now because I've stopped digging and am just getting on with my life and getting that divorce.
For those who just found out, Trickle Truth is real and it’s far worse than you can imagine. 2026
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The entire relationship.. he trickle truthed stuff to me after we were already married and I was pregnant that, if I knew before, I NEVER would have married him. It made me sick honestly. But I was in too deep and I meant my vows so I tried to make it work.
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It is a very rare occasion when I hear from a betrayed spouse that their unfaithful partner has told them the truth about the extent of their infidelity right from the start. Instead it is way more likely that the truth has been trickled out over a period of time – trickle truth.
Why the Trickle Truth Hurts — Catriona Lightfoot Catriona Lightfoot 2014
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