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drip-feed

[ drip-feed ]

noun

  1. intravenous feeding.

drip-feed

noun

  1. See drip
    another name for drip

verb

  1. to administer a solution (to someone) by means of a drip-feed
  2. to supply information constantly but in small amounts
  3. informal.
    to fund (a new company) in stages rather than by injecting a large sum at its inception

noun

  1. a constant supply of small amounts of information

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drip-feed1

1905–10, for earlier sense

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