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trickle down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
trick-le -down
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle, down.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

trickles down (present, singular) trickling down (participle, present) trickled down (participle, past) trickled down (past)

Phrases

trickle-down trickle-down economics trickle-down hypothesis supply-side economics

Frequently Paired Words

trickle-down trickle-down economics trickle-down hypothesis supply-side economics

Questions

What does trickle down mean?
To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people

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