v. trick·led, trick·ling, trick·les v.intr. 1. To flow or fall in drops or in a thin stream. 2. To move or proceed slowly or bit by bit: The audience trickled in. v.tr. To cause to trickle. n. 1. The act or condition of trickling. 2. A slow, small, or irregular quantity that moves, proceeds, or occurs intermittently. [Middle English triklen, perhaps variant of striklen, frequentative of striken, to flow; see STRIKE.] |
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