Trickle
Trickle (trik"k'l) , intransitive verb
[Old English triklen, probably for striklen, freq. of striken to flow, Anglo-Saxon strīcan. See Strike, transitive verb]
To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run in drops.
His salt tears trickled down as rain.
Fast beside there trickled softly down
A gentle stream.
Trickle , noun
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.