Meaning & use
Trickled
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Flowed slowly in a thin stream.
See it in a sentence
Sweat trickled down his forehead in the summer heat.
Donations trickled in slowly after the appeal was launched.
A note on using this word
Frequently used figuratively for anything arriving gradually and in small amounts, from news to money to visitors.
Words with a similar meaning
drippedseeped
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Words with an opposite meaning
gushedpoured
Another way to use it
2. verb
Figurative: arrived or occurred gradually and in small amounts over time.
Ticket sales trickled in slowly during the first week.
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