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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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of drip-feed1

1905–10, for earlier sense
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A normal pre-season is marked by a drip-feed of individual launches by the teams.

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“The longer this instability and information drip-feed continues, the greater the biosecurity risk.”

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What came was a slow drip-feed of bank statements, with no real explanation of Mr Hiller's charges and hardly any receipts.

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The intense appetite only fuelled the tabloid-style drip-feed, even prompting national broadcaster KBS to publish the private conversation Lee had with the female bar staff.

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First revealed in January by tax regulators and stoked since by a drip-feed of new information, the scandal has forced out 12 partners, including the chief executive, prompted public and private sector clients to freeze ties and entangled clients other than Google, including Uber and Facebook.

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