Meaning of the word trickle in English

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trickle

US /ˈtrɪk.əl/
UK /ˈtrɪk.əl/

Noun

1.

a very small number of people or things arriving or leaving somewhere:

Example:
We usually only get a trickle of customers in the mornings.

Verb

1.

(of liquid) to flow slowly and without force:

Example:
Blood trickled from a cut in his forehead.
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