How to pronounce “drip-feed”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• 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.
• [Verb]
• (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.

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