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trickled

trickled is the simple past and past participle of trickle.

Meaning of trickle

Verb

trickle (third-person singular simple present trickles, present participle trickling, simple past and past participle trickled)

  1. (transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
    • The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
  2. (intransitive) to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.
    • Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
  3. (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
    • Some [marbles] were found in a child's grave at Nagada, Egypt […] together with a set of ninepins and three rectangular bricks which could have formed an arch through which to trickle the balls.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 32

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Phrases with trickled

Questions about trickled

What is trickled the simple past and past participle of?
Trickled is the simple past and past participle of trickle.

Words near trickled in the dictionary

  1. trickle-down
  2. trickle-down economics
  3. trickle-down hypothesis
  4. trickle-up trend
  5. trickle-up trends
  6. trickled
  7. trickled down
  8. trickledown
  9. trickler
  10. tricklers
  11. trickles

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