🇬🇧 Trickle meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

"Trickle" means to move or come little by little, very slowly, and only in small amounts. Imagine tiny drops of water slowly coming out of a faucet, or people walking into a room one by one instead of all at once—that slow, small, drip-drip way of moving is called trickling.

Giggles started to trickle around the classroom after the teacher accidentally called homework "home-torture."

The syrup was supposed to pour on my pancakes, but it only managed to trickle out like it was half asleep.

When the magician asked for volunteers, hands trickled up slowly, mostly from kids hoping a rabbit would give them candy.

The last drops of ketchup trickled onto my fries, sounding like a very slow and dramatic “plop…plop…plop.”

Only a few kids trickled onto the dance floor at first, bravely wiggling like confused noodles.

Rain trickles down the old kitchen window. From the roof a thin stream trickles into a cup on the table. Neighbors trickle in, each holding a small plate. He watches as warm tea trickles from the kettle into empty mugs. A tear trickles down his cheek; another trickles when a neighbor tells a quiet, kind story. He smiles.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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