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to trickle
01
to flow slowly in small amounts or drops
Intransitive: to trickle somewhere
Examples
Water trickled down the moss-covered rocks in the stream.
Tears trickled down her cheeks as she watched the emotional movie.
Trickle
01
a small, slow flow of liquid
Examples
A trickle of water seeped from the leaky faucet.
The rain reduced to a mere trickle by the afternoon.
02
a small, steady flow of people moving slowly or in small numbers
Examples
A trickle of people entered the museum just after it opened.
The protest started with a trickle of participants but grew larger over time.
