drip-feed
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]drip-feed (plural drip-feeds)
- A device for dispensing liquids in a slow, regular stream of drops or very small quantities.
- (especially medicine) A device for dripping nutrients or drugs directly into a patient's bloodstream.
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[edit]Verb
[edit]drip-feed (third-person singular simple present drip-feeds, present participle drip-feeding, simple past and past participle drip-fed)
- (transitive) To dispense (a liquid) using a drip-feed.
- (transitive) To administer nutrients, drugs, etc. to (a patient) using a drip-feed.
- (transitive, figuratively) To dispense or dole out in very small portions over a period of time.
- We don't fully know what is going on. Right now we're just being drip-fed information.