Trickle — Defs

01 v. i. To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.

imp. & p. p. Trickled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trickling

1.
To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
“His salt tears trickled down as rain.” — Chaucer.

“Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream.” — Spenser.

02 n. The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.

1.
The act or state of trickling; also, that which trickles; a small stream; drip.
“Streams that . . . are short and rapid torrents after a storm, but at other times dwindle to feeble trickles of mud.” — James Bryce.