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pulp
English
Etymology
From earlier pulpe, borrowed from Latin pulpa.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /p?lp/
- (US) IPA(key): /p?lp/
Noun
pulp (usually uncountable, plural pulps)
- A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
- A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
- A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
- A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
- The soft center of a fruit.
- The soft center of a tooth.
- The very soft tissue in the spleen.
- A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
- 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps (page 2)
- The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.
- 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps (page 2)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pulp (third-person singular simple present pulps, present participle pulping, simple past and past participle pulped)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or be made into pulp.
- (transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.
- (transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.
Derived terms
- pulper
Translations
Adjective
pulp (comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp)
- (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
- The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.
- Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp" than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).
Synonyms
- pulpish, pulpy
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purp
English
Etymology
Clipping of purple.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p?p/
- Homophone: perp
- Rhymes: -??(?)p
Noun
purp (uncountable)
- (US, slang) A variety of marijuana with purple flowers.
Anagrams
- RUPP, Rupp
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