Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [drip feed]
- /drɪp fid/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [drip feed]
- /drɪp fid/
Definitions of drip-feed word
- noun drip-feed intravenous feeding. 1
- verb drip-feed If you drip-feed money into something, you pay the money a little at a time rather than paying it all at once. 0
- verb drip-feed to administer a solution to (someone) by means of a drip-feed 0
- verb drip-feed to supply (information) constantly but in small amounts 0
- verb drip-feed to fund (a new company) in stages rather than by injecting a large sum at its inception 0
- noun drip-feed a constant supply of small amounts of information 0
Information block about the term
Origin of drip-feed
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
1905-10, for earlier sense
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Drip-feed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
drip-feed popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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