English-German translations for trickle

• tröpfeln
• Getröpfel das
• rieseln
• Rinnsal das
  Wir müssen uns nun auf die Zeit vorbereiten, in der aus einer Flut von Spenden ein kleines Rinnsal wird, sobald sich die Aufmerksamkeit der Medien von Asien abwendet. We must now prepare for the time when donations turn from a flood to a trickle, once the glare of the media is turned away from Asia.
• sickern
• träufeln
• Tröpfeln das

Definition of trickle

• A very thin river
• A very thin flow; the act of trickling
• to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously
• to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously
• To move or roll slowly

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 doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
• Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
• The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.

Related words

• trickle-down
• strickle
• trickle down
• trickle down economics
• trickle along
• trickle in
• trickle through