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dripfeed

dripfeed is the alternative form of drip-feed.

Meaning of drip-feed

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) A device for dripping nutrients or drugs directly into a patient's bloodstream.

See all 5 meanings of drip-feed

Forms of dripfeed

pluraldripfeeds

Questions about dripfeed

What is dripfeed the alternative form of?
Dripfeed is the alternative form of drip-feed.

Words near dripfeed in the dictionary

  1. drip-drying
  2. drip-fed
  3. drip-feed
  4. drip-feeding
  5. drip-feeds
  6. dripfeed
  7. dripfeeds
  8. driphole
  9. dripholes
  10. dripless
  11. driplessly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dripfeed (page history and authors); drip-feed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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