trickle Definition

trickle
verb, tr & intr trickled, trickling

1. To flow or make something flow in a thin slow stream or drops.

Thesaurus: drip, run, dribble, leak, ooze, seep, drop, filter; Antonym: gush, stream.
2. To move, come or go slowly and gradually.

noun

1. A thin slow stream, flow or movement.

Thesaurus: drip, dribble, seepage, dribs and drabs; Antonym: flood, stream.

Etymology: 14c: originally said of tears.