plural of trickle charger

A device for charging a battery slowly, using a very small current.

simple past tense and past participle of trickle down

present participle of trickle down

Keeping a battery fully charged by charging it at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate. / Charging a battery slowly, or by using a significantly smaller current than the battery is able to accept.

That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others. / (economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.

(informal) Facts gradually and reluctantly admitted by one's significant other under questioning, especially about having been unfaithful.

plural of trickle-up trend

(economics) The idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody else.

Alternative spelling of trickle-down hypothesis