drip-feed

English

Alternative forms

• drip feed, dripfeed

Noun

drip-feed (plural drip-feeds)

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

Verb

drip-feed (third-person singular simple present drip-feeds, present participle drip-feeding, simple past and past participle drip-fed)

1. To dispense (a liquid) using a drip-feed.
2. To administer nutrients, drugs, etc. to (a patient) using a drip-feed.
3. (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.