drip-feed

Alternative forms

 * drip feed, dripfeed

Noun

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

Verb

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