Meaning & use

Trickling

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Flowing or falling in a thin, slow stream.

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Rainwater was trickling down the windowpane.

Donations kept trickling in throughout the fundraising campaign.

A note on using this word

Used figuratively for anything arriving slowly and steadily, such as news, applications, or donations.

Words with a similar meaning

drippingseeping

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Words with an opposite meaning

gushingflooding

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