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drip-feed

[ drip-feed ]

noun

  1. intravenous feeding.


drip-feed

noun

  1. another name for drip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a constant supply of small amounts of information
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drip-feed1

1905–10, for earlier sense

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