Trickle
verb
When a liquid or few items move slowly in a thin line or drop by drop.
Tears began to trickle down her cheeks.
noun
A slow, small or irregular quantity of something flowing or falling.
Only a small trickle of visitors came to the exhibition.
Often appears as...
- trickle of water
- trickle of income
verb
To arrive or go somewhere slowly or in small numbers over a period of time.
People trickled in all afternoon.
Often appears as...
- trickle in
- trickle out
verb
Increased wealth at the top levels of society will eventually pass down to lower levels.
The government believes in the trickle-down effect of wealth.
Often appears as...
- trickle-down economics
- trickle-down theory
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Technical
verb
When a liquid or few items move slowly in a thin line or drop by drop.
Tears began to trickle down her cheeks.
noun
A slow, small or irregular quantity of something flowing or falling.
Only a small trickle of visitors came to the exhibition.
Often appears as...
- trickle of water
- trickle of income
verb
To arrive or go somewhere slowly or in small numbers over a period of time.
People trickled in all afternoon.
Often appears as...
- trickle in
- trickle out
verb
Increased wealth at the top levels of society will eventually pass down to lower levels.
The government believes in the trickle-down effect of wealth.
Often appears as...
- trickle-down economics
- trickle-down theory
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Small Amount
Use 'trickle' to describe a meager flow, much less than a pour or stream.
A trickle of olive oil enhanced the salad's flavor.
Pro Tip 2/2Continuous Motion
'Trickle' suggests a steady, continuous motion, not an abrupt one.
Water trickled from the faucet, indicating a need for repair.
Pro Tip 1/2Small Amount
Use 'trickle' to describe a meager flow, much less than a pour or stream.
A trickle of olive oil enhanced the salad's flavor.
Pro Tip 2/2Continuous Motion
'Trickle' suggests a steady, continuous motion, not an abrupt one.
Water trickled from the faucet, indicating a need for repair.
Pro Tip 1/2Small Amount
Use 'trickle' to describe a meager flow, much less than a pour or stream.
A trickle of olive oil enhanced the salad's flavor.
Pro Tip 2/2Continuous Motion
'Trickle' suggests a steady, continuous motion, not an abrupt one.
Water trickled from the faucet, indicating a need for repair.
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Changing how we see the...
fiddle with the temperature you fiddle with the chemistry you're asking for trouble and that's what we're doing we're asking for trouble and it's not the big events that gets it gets us that's going to get us it's the tiny things it's the incremental things it's our everyday way of life it's stuff that trickles out to the ocean and clear
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Inside Python Infested...
and I knew if it was me I couldn't I couldn't remain conscious I was gonna be down and out if I had to experience what I just went through I gotta get out of this stuff I mean I'm bleeding for the longest time Python teeth has worked their way to the surface they broke off deep down in my flesh I feel something kind of trickling
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What does the liver do?...
As it's produced, bile is funneled into a small container below the liver, called the gallbladder, before being trickled into the intestine to help break down fats, destroy microbes, and neutralize extra stomach acid. Bile also helps carry other toxins and byproducts from the liver out of the body. So as you can see,
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Sergey Brin and Larry...
hopefully I won't shake the world too much. But you can also see, there are places where there's not so much. Australia, because there just aren't very many people there. And this is something that we should really work on, which is Africa, which is just a few trickles,
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Deborah Gordon: What...
was a loser, because on really dry days, there'd be just this trickle of foraging, while the other colonies were out foraging, getting lots of food, but in fact, colony 154 is a huge success. She's a matriarch. She's one of the rare great-grandmothers on the site.
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In the opioid crisis,...
And I hadn't seen that in years. And that relaxed state is trickling down to the community, to the citizens. So a couple of weeks ago, I had a neighbor overdose. Twenty-two years old. So of course, I hurried down to help my firefighters and my neighbor.
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The most colorful...
Trickling down through gaps in soil and rock, water flows through sandstone, limestone, and basalt, picking up a microscopic compound called silicon dioxide. This silica-enriched water enters the voids inside pieces of volcanic rock,
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The mysterious microbes...
Maybe these out-of-sight, out-of-mind microbes could actually be helpful to humanity. OK, so as far as we know, there are two ways to do subsurface living. The first is to wait for food to trickle down from the surface world,
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Beaver Lodge Construction...
So important is their dam to them, that if they detect the slightest leak, usually by hearing the sound of trickling water,
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
It was also beautiful and symbolic. That with a relative trickle, we can bring a river back to life if we try.
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Changing how we see the...
fiddle with the temperature you fiddle with the chemistry you're asking for trouble and that's what we're doing we're asking for trouble and it's not the big events that gets it gets us that's going to get us it's the tiny things it's the incremental things it's our everyday way of life it's stuff that trickles out to the ocean and clear
Video examples
Inside Python Infested...
and I knew if it was me I couldn't I couldn't remain conscious I was gonna be down and out if I had to experience what I just went through I gotta get out of this stuff I mean I'm bleeding for the longest time Python teeth has worked their way to the surface they broke off deep down in my flesh I feel something kind of trickling
Video examples
What does the liver do?...
As it's produced, bile is funneled into a small container below the liver, called the gallbladder, before being trickled into the intestine to help break down fats, destroy microbes, and neutralize extra stomach acid. Bile also helps carry other toxins and byproducts from the liver out of the body. So as you can see,
Video examples
Sergey Brin and Larry...
hopefully I won't shake the world too much. But you can also see, there are places where there's not so much. Australia, because there just aren't very many people there. And this is something that we should really work on, which is Africa, which is just a few trickles,
Video examples
Deborah Gordon: What...
was a loser, because on really dry days, there'd be just this trickle of foraging, while the other colonies were out foraging, getting lots of food, but in fact, colony 154 is a huge success. She's a matriarch. She's one of the rare great-grandmothers on the site.
Video examples
In the opioid crisis,...
And I hadn't seen that in years. And that relaxed state is trickling down to the community, to the citizens. So a couple of weeks ago, I had a neighbor overdose. Twenty-two years old. So of course, I hurried down to help my firefighters and my neighbor.
Video examples
The most colorful...
Trickling down through gaps in soil and rock, water flows through sandstone, limestone, and basalt, picking up a microscopic compound called silicon dioxide. This silica-enriched water enters the voids inside pieces of volcanic rock,
Video examples
The mysterious microbes...
Maybe these out-of-sight, out-of-mind microbes could actually be helpful to humanity. OK, so as far as we know, there are two ways to do subsurface living. The first is to wait for food to trickle down from the surface world,
Video examples
Beaver Lodge Construction...
So important is their dam to them, that if they detect the slightest leak, usually by hearing the sound of trickling water,
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
It was also beautiful and symbolic. That with a relative trickle, we can bring a river back to life if we try.
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David Lowery
American Director
I grew up in a deeply Catholic home. Our parents always encouraged us to march to our own drums, though, so some of us are still Catholic and some are not. That's always going to be a part of me though; little bits of it trickle into my work. Whether it's an embrace or a rejection, I'm not always sure, but I can't avoid it.
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Jay-Z
American Musician
Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.
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Keith Haring
American Artist
I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.
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Jamie Chung
American Actress
When they don't have your back on a show, it's the worst feeling ever. That energy trickles down to the cast and crew. You can feel when it's not gonna be a winner. But when you have the support of the network and the studio, it's a really good feeling.
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Warren Buffett
American Businessman
The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.
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Barack Obama
American President
Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.
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David Brock
American Author
The GOP's policies are not designed to help the middle class. They are designed to help their wealthy, powerful friends and donors under the misguided idea that wealth will one day trickle down.
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Ricky Steamboat
American Writer
Without our fans, we wouldn't have anything. I owe everything I have to the ones that paid money. It trickles down to them paying my salary, so I'm always thankful.
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Trea Turner
When you're going good or bad, those balls that trickle through the hole or fall in between people, that mentally boosts how you feel, how you're playing.
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Mike Leigh
British Director
There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things.
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David Lowery
American Director
I grew up in a deeply Catholic home. Our parents always encouraged us to march to our own drums, though, so some of us are still Catholic and some are not. That's always going to be a part of me though; little bits of it trickle into my work. Whether it's an embrace or a rejection, I'm not always sure, but I can't avoid it.
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Jay-Z
American Musician
Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.
Quote examples
Keith Haring
American Artist
I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.
Quote examples
Jamie Chung
American Actress
When they don't have your back on a show, it's the worst feeling ever. That energy trickles down to the cast and crew. You can feel when it's not gonna be a winner. But when you have the support of the network and the studio, it's a really good feeling.
Quote examples
Warren Buffett
American Businessman
The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.
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Barack Obama
American President
Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it.
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David Brock
American Author
The GOP's policies are not designed to help the middle class. They are designed to help their wealthy, powerful friends and donors under the misguided idea that wealth will one day trickle down.
Quote examples
Ricky Steamboat
American Writer
Without our fans, we wouldn't have anything. I owe everything I have to the ones that paid money. It trickles down to them paying my salary, so I'm always thankful.
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Trea Turner
When you're going good or bad, those balls that trickle through the hole or fall in between people, that mentally boosts how you feel, how you're playing.
Quote examples
Mike Leigh
British Director
There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things.
Example 1 of 10
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