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noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
verb run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
originFrom Middle English triklen, likely a rebracketing (e.g. teres strikled > teerys trikled (“tears trickled”)) of Middle English striklen (“to trickle”), equivalent to strike + -le. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, umpire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0