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Definition: TRICKLING |
TRICKLINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Trickle |
Date "TRICKLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A method of irrigation in which water is applied to the land whether as a broad stream or down furrows. The term, therefore, applies to flood irrigation, irrigation by surface flooding and furrow irrigation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TRICKLING |
| Specialty definitions using "TRICKLING": Aerobic Treatment ♦ Carbuncle of Ward Hill ♦ heap leaching ♦ recirculation ♦ Secondary Treatment, secondary wastewater treatment, sludge return ♦ trickle scale. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sanitary plant. Visalia, California. Trickling filter. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Trickle_fall" by archgimp Commentary: "A pretty trickling waterfall into a shallow pool." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
H. K. White | I'd rather than that crowds should sigh for me, that from some kindred eye the trickling tear should steal. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Bahrain | The downstream effects of such projects are gradually trickling down and boosting the retail economy, providing growing opportunities for consumer goods and franchises as well. (references) |
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| "TRICKLING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 96.26% of the time. "TRICKLING" is used about 107 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 96.26% | 103 | 32,137 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.74% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 107 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "TRICKLING": trickling filter ♦ trickling water collector. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trickling filter | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TRICKLING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 滴下 (Dribbled, dribbling, Dripped, Dript, Dropped, Dropping, Trickled). (various references) | |
Danish | overrisling (surface irrigation), overfladevanding (surface irrigation), kunstig vanding (irrigation, surface irrigation). (various references) | |
Dutch | oppervlakte-irrigatie (surface irrigation), irrigatie (douching, irrigation), bevloeiing (watering), besproeiing (watering). (various references) | |
Finnish | pintakastelu (surface irrigation), keinokastelu (surface irrigation). (various references) | |
French | irrigation superficielle, irrigation de surface. (various references) | |
German | tröpfelnd (dribbling, dripping), verrinnend (trickling off), oberirdische Bewässerung (surface irrigation), Oberflächenbewässerung (surface irrigation), Berieselung (constant stream, watering). (various references) | |
Greek | σταλακτο-διυλιστήριο (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter, trickling filter), βιολογικό φίλτρο (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter, trickling filter), βιολογικά φίλτρα (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter, trickling filter), βακτηριολογική κλίνη (bacteria bed, bacterial bed, biofilter, biological filter, percolating filter, sprinkling filter, trickling filter), ηλιακóς συλλέκτης επιφανειακής ροής νερο? (trickle collector, trickling water collector, water-trickle collector, water-trickle solar collector). (various references) | |
Hebrew | דליפה (dripping, leak, leakage, oozing, seepage). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csepegtető szűrő (trickling filter). (various references) | |
Italian | irrorazione (spraying, surface irrigation), irrigazione in superficie (surface irrigation), irrigazione di superficie (surface irrigation). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 岩清水 (water trickling from rocks). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いわしみず (water trickling from rocks). (various references) | |
Korean | 샘 (Fountain, leaking). (various references) | |
Manx | sheelagh 2 (seedy, seminal, syllabic, vocal), sheelagh (Cecilia, seedy, seminal, syllabic, vocal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | icklingtray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | irrigação superficial (surface irrigation), irrigação por aspersão (surface irrigation). (various references) | |
Romanian | scurgere (course, discharge, drain, drainage, effluence, effluent, efflux, escape, flow, issue, lapse, leakage, leaking, loss, March, overflow, passage, passing, running). (various references) | |
Spanish | rociado (dewy, sputter), riego superficial (surface irrigation), riego por aspersión (overhead irrigation, overhead watering, spray irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, sprinkling, sprinkling irrigation, surface irrigation), riego de superficie (surface irrigation). (various references) | |
Swedish | ytbevattning (surface irrigation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TRICKLING": strickling. (additional references) | |
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"TRICKLING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bricklin, reckling, Rickling, tricklings, Triklone, trinkling, Truckline. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TRICKLING" (pronounced tri"kling) |
| 7 | t r i" k l i ng | strickling. |
| 5 | -i" k l i ng | pickling. |
| 4 | -k l i ng | buckling, chronicling, chuckling, crackling, duckling, heckling, inkling, rankling, sparkling, sprinkling, suckling, swashbuckling, tackling, weakling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, surveilling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-i-k-l-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: tickling, tricking. | |
-2 letters: kilting, kitling, licking, ricking, ticking, tirling, tricing. | |
-3 letters: citing, citrin, irking, kiting, liking, nitric, nitril, ricing, riling, tiling, tiring. | |
-4 letters: cling, clink, glint, icing, iring, licit, ricin, trick. | |
-5 letters: clit, gilt, gink, girl, girn, girt, grin, grit, inti, kiln, kilt, king, kirn, knit, lick, ling, link, lint, liri, nick, rick, ring, rink. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-i-k-l-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: strickling. | |
+3 letters: interlocking. | |
+4 letters: multitracking. | |
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