Collocations for "trickle"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "trickle" in context.
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trickle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- [water, sweat, blood, tears] trickled down
- trickle down [the side, the drain, my pants]
- trickle down from [above, the ceiling]
- trickle down through the [house, drain, roof]
- [wealth, money, prosperity] will trickle down (to)
- trickled over the [table, floor, ground]
- trickle out over the [table]
- trickle out from the [faucet, ceiling, cup]
- trickle out of the [faucet]
- trickle in from [outside, the window, the garage]
- the [fans, students, guests] trickled in
- the [fans] trickled out
- the [water, crowd] trickled away
- trickle up from the [ground, floor, drain]
- trickle through [his fingers, the window]
- [the download, information] has slowed to a trickle
- [came, was received] in trickles
- the [phone, battery] is charging at a trickle
- has slowed to a mere trickle
- [dwindled, reduced] to a trickle
- a steady trickle of [customers, visitors]
- the traffic slowed to a trickle
- hear the trickle of [water, the stream]
- stop the trickle of [blood, water]
- a trickle of blood [flowing, coming] down
- wiped a trickle of sweat from his [face, forehead]
- just a trickle of [rain, sweat]
'trickle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):