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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