drip-feed

[ drip-feed ]

noun

1. intravenous feeding.

drip-feed

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of drip-feed¹

1905–10, for earlier sense