tricklings

Faint flowing streams

Tricklings are small amounts of liquid flowing slowly or in thin streams.

The word is the plural of trickling, used as a noun: Tricklings of water seeped through the cracks.

It can describe any gradual, meager flow—of resources, information, or people: Only tricklings of aid reached the remote villages.

streamlet

rivulet

Very small stream

  • runnelSmall flowing waterway
  • rillVery small stream
  • brookSmall flowing watercourse

creek · burn · beck · gill · bourn · freshet · brooklet · branch · watercourse · gully

drip

droplet

Tiny liquid sphere

plink · bead · dew · moisture · condensation · dampness · wetness · weep · spatter · splash

seepage

infiltration

Covert entry into organization

leaching · filtration · absorption · saturation · capillarity · porosity · transudation · suffusion · moisture · dampness

plumbing

faucet

Valve controlling water flow

  • pipeHollow conveyance channel
  • valveFluid flow controller
  • leakEscape through a breach

drainpipe · gutter · spout · tap · condensation · corrosion · drainage · spillway · culvert · overflow

Opposites
flow volume/intensity

tricklingstorrents

Violent, rushing streams

gushings · floods · deluges · cascades · outpourings

manner of flow

tricklingstorrents

Violent, rushing streams

gushings · eruptions · bursts · explosions · spewings

abundance/scarcity

tricklingsfloods

Overflowing onto dry land

avalanches · waves · barrages · onslaughts · profusions

Phrases
Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G