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Trickle

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈtɹɪkəl

Definitions

  1. A very thin river.
  2. A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.

Equivalents

21 more languages
العربيةالوشل
Българскикапенекапя
Bosanskisil
Češtinačůrekkanout
Gaeilgesilsilín
Gàidhligsil
Galegopingar
Hrvatskisil
Bahasa Indonesiatetesan
Kurdîcurekpuroşilsîl
Latinastillare
Te Reo Māoripaheketoto
Nederlandsdruppelen
Slovenčinajarok
Српскиsil

Examples

“The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.”
“The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.”
“The streams that run⟳ south and east from the mountains to the coast are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud.”

CEFR level

C2
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