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to arrive or move somewhere slowly and gradually, in small numbers: Gradually people trickled back into the theatre for the second half. Customers trickled in all morning. Students trickled into the classroom with no great sense of urgency. One or two guests had started to trickle into the room.
1. Of a liquid, to flow or seep in (to something) in drops or a thin stream. I thought I had waterproofed the windows, but rain keeps trickling in. He noticed seawater trickling into the hull of the boat. 2. To slowly enter or become available. Students were still trickling in nearly 15 minutes after the lecture began.
trickle in. (to something) 1. Lit. [for a liquid] to seep or dribble into something or a place. Some of the rainwater trickled into my car through a leak. It trickled in during the night. 2. Fig. [for someone or something] to come into something or a place, a few at a time.
trickle noun (SMALL NUMBER) [ S ] a very small number of people or things arriving or leaving somewhere: We usually only get a trickle of customers in the mornings. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Words meaning small pieces and amounts. by a nose idiom.
Sep 19, 2012 · The meaning of TRICKLE is to issue or fall in drops. How to use trickle in a sentence.
1. to run or cause to run in thin or slow streams. she trickled the sand through her fingers. 2. (intransitive) to move, go, or pass gradually. the crowd trickled away. noun. 3. a thin, irregular, or slow flow of something.
verb (used without object) , trick·led, trick·ling. to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks. to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the room.
