noun · rare

trickle

trickle · trickles

струмочок, цівка

ручеёк, струйка

Rinnsal, Tröpfeln, Getröpfel

A very thin riverA very thin river.

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/ˈtɹɪkəl/

» A trickle of blood ran down his neck.

По его шее потекла струйка крови.

Meaning

2 senses

A very thin river.
The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.
Rinnsal
ручеёкručejók
струмочокstrumočok
A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.
Tröpfeln, Getröpfel
стру́йкаstrújka
цівкаcivka

More definitions

flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

Examples

30 sentences

A trickle of blood ran down his neck.
ruПо его шее потекла струйка крови. — Ooneykcall
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Tom still believes in trickle-down economics.
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Tears trickled down Tom's face.
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Blood trickled from the lacerated face.
ruИз порезанного лица сочилась кровь. — odexed
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Blood trickled from his cut face.
ruИз порезанного лица сочилась кровь. — odexed
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

a very thin river:

a very thin flow; the act of trickling:

Русский

By meaning 2

a very thin river:

a very thin flow; the act of trickling:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

a very thin river:

a very thin flow; the act of trickling:

Origin

From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (

From Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le.

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