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spoonfeed

[spoon-feed, -feed]

spoon-feed

[spoon-feed, -feed]
verb (used with object), -fed, -feed·ing.
to cause to be spoon-fed.

Origin:
1605–15
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Spoonfeed is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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spoonfeed

verb
1. feed with a spoon 
2. teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students" 
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