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Definition of drip-feed verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

drip-feed

verb

drip-feed somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they drip-feed

he / she / it drip-feeds

past simple drip-fed

-ing form drip-feeding

to give someone something in separate small amounts

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drip feed

noun [uncountable, countable] the steady drip feed of leaked documents in the papersSee drip-feed in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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