Need another word that means the same as “trickle”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “trickle” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Trickle” are: dribble, filter, drip, drizzle, flow, run, spill, rivulet, runnel
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “trickle” as a noun can have the following definitions:
dribble | A thin stream of liquid; a trickle. There was dribble down his chin. |
drip | A method of brewing coffee by dripping boiling water through a filter filled with ground coffee beans. There s a drip through the roof. |
rivulet | A very small river or stream. Sweat ran in rivulets down his back. |
runnel | A small stream of a particular liquid. Muddy lanes with runnels for effluent. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “trickle” as a verb can have the following definitions:
dribble | Let saliva drivel from the mouth. Dribble the ball. |
drip | Let or cause to fall in drops. Water is dripping from the faucet. |
drizzle | (in cooking) trickle a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) over food. It s started to drizzle. |
filter | Remove by passing through a filter. Sunlight filtered in through the thin curtains. |
flow | Fall or flow in a certain way. Their talk and laughter grew louder as the excellent brandy flowed. |
run | Stretch out over a distance space time or scope run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. Run through your presentation before the meeting. |
spill | Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail. Diners can spill out into the courtyard. |
beck | A beckoning gesture. |
cascade | Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. Blonde hair cascaded down her back. |
charcoal | A drawing made with charcoal. With a thick charcoal he traced out the line of the front. |
cliff | A steep high face of rock. A coast path along the top of rugged cliffs. |
coffee | The shrub which yields coffee seeds native to the Old World tropics. A maxi dress in cream with a coffee silk trim. |
dribble | Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid. Rain dribbled down the window. |
drip | A method of brewing coffee by dripping boiling water through a filter filled with ground coffee beans. Water is dripping from the faucet. |
drivel | Let saliva drivel from the mouth. The nurse leaves you to drivel and never wipes your nose. |
drop | Score a goal by a drop kick. Drop a hint. |
fall | An act of falling or collapsing. They finished before the fall of night. |
falling | Moving from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control. Falling standards. |
filter | Process or treat with a filter. An oil filter. |
glen | A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains. |
gorge | A narrow pass (especially one between mountains. They gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas. |
immerse | Cause to be immersed. She immersed herself in her work. |
lint | Short, fine fibres which separate from the surface of cloth or yarn during processing. He smeared ointment on a strip of lint. |
notch | Make notches in. Her opinion of Nicole dropped a few notches. |
percolate | Prepare (coffee) in a percolator. Light percolated into our house in the morning. |
percolator | A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans. |
permeate | Spread or diffuse through. The aroma of soup permeated the air. |
plummet | A plumb or plumb line. A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully. |
plunge | A brief swim in water. The frightened horse plunged and bolted. |
purl | Knit with a purl stitch. Knit one purl one. |
ravine | A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides. |
saliva | A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. |
spam | Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk. An autogenerated spam website. |
submergence | The action of completely covering or obscuring something. Total submergence of plants results in heavy crop losses. |
undrinkable | Not fit to be drunk because of impurity or poor quality. The wine was almost undrinkable. |
urinate | Pass after the manner of urine. The sick men urinated blood. |
waterfall | Relating to or denoting a method of project management that is characterized by sequential stages and a fixed plan of work. Each phase of a waterfall project must be complete prior to moving to the next phase. |
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