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Plural of trickle

regular plural

The plural of trickle is trickles.

Forms of trickle

Singulartrickle /ˈtɹɪkəl/
Pluraltrickles
Countablecountable

Trickles in a sentence

  • Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
  • She dollops porridge into a bowl and trickles condensed milk over the top.2012, Ruth Saberton, Amber Scott is Starting Over, London: Orion, →ISBN. From the entry dollop
  • There is a “Water Falls” which spills and trickles depending upon the yeartime one visits its huge boulders.2011, Alaya Chadwick, Alaya's Fables: Tales That Transform & Awaken. From the entry yeartime
  • Water trickles away from gutterings and down spoutings into the big water tank at the back of the house.2003, Russell Stewart, The Dolphin, Canada: Trafford Publishing, page 9. From the entry spouting
  • I'm glad they weren't wearing a skirt like I was because I didn't want to witness any pee trickles that were happening.2012, Jenny McCarthy, Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession. From the entry church giggles

Meaning of trickle

  1. noun A very thin river.
  2. noun A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
  3. verb To pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.

Full definition of trickle

Questions about the plural of trickle

What is the plural of trickle?
The plural of trickle is trickles.
Is trickle countable?
Trickle is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trickle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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