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verb

present participle of trickle
1
as in dripping
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops trickled a little honey into her tea

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2
as in splashing
to flow in a broken irregular stream the brook trickled along the glade

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickling
  1. sparse
  2. splashing
  3. scant
  4. washing
  5. bubbling
  6. scanty
  7. meager
  8. scarce
Adjective
  • The evidence against Mayers was sparse, mainly consisting of a few indistinct and inconveniently angled surveillance videos.
    — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
  • This abundance is in stark contrast to today, when sightings of migrating fish are sparse.
    — Logan Kistler, JSTOR Daily, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of sparse
Verb
  • On sunny days, the reflection of that splashing water can be seen from a long distance.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The man climbed in but slipped on the step, sending the coffee splashing across the seat.
    — Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of splashing
Adjective
  • Research on the topic is scant, but one small 2004 study suggests that tongue scraping could improve taste sensation, making your favorite sweet or savory foods even more delectable.
    — Jill Di Donato, SELF, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Details about what may have happened are currently scant.
    — James Factora, Them., 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of scant
Verb
  • This magnificent man kept showing up with flowers, leaving sweet cards, washing my car and filling my fridge.
    — Kathlene Linehan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Protect your furry friends by washing your hands, cleaning spills, and storing it out of reach.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of washing
Verb
  • There was understandable tension in the quarter-final against Bayern Munich, but something was bubbling from minute one against Porto.
    — Art de Roché, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • One perk is that the bubbling stream provides the ideal ecosystem where hemlock and rhododendron thrive along the banks.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of bubbling
Adjective
  • Smaller galaxies yielded even scantier quantities, with visible matter making up only about 0.05 percent of the least massive galaxies studied, Willman 1 and Segue 1.
    — Andrew Grant, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The sum total of records from the plague itself is scanty: three letters by Mompesson written in 1666, the parish’s burial register and inscriptions on graves scattered around the village.
    — 1843, 1843, 16 Apr. 2020
Definition of scanty
Adjective
  • The first new horror film from Jaume Collet-Serra since 2009's Orphan grossed a meager $4.5 million in its second week of release.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • When all the big, flashy ski resorts around Lake Tahoe shut due to wind and blizzards, little old Homewood would keep its eight meager lifts cranking.
    — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of meager
Adjective
  • Details of who makes up the DOGE staff have been scarce despite the intense media attention on the team's efforts.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • As a rule, if rain is scarce, a crepe myrtle needs two to three gallons of water per inch of trunk diameter per week.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of scarce
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