noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A device for dispensing liquids in a slow, regular stream of drops or very small quantities.
2. 2
   A device for dripping nutrients or drugs directly into a patient's bloodstream. especially

Verb

1. 1
   To dispense (a liquid) using a drip-feed. transitive
2. 2
   To administer nutrients, drugs, etc. to (a patient) using a drip-feed. transitive
3. 3
   To dispense or dole out in very small portions over a period of time. figuratively, transitive

   "We don't fully know what is going on. Right now we're just being drip-fed information."

Example

More examples

"We don't fully know what is going on. Right now we're just being drip-fed information."

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