pulp
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5.5
- noun
- /pʌlp/
- Archaic
- I suspect they all started in the pulps and made a living that way.
- a pulp magazine
- pulp fiction
- pulp novel
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Examples
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What surprised me is how few pulp stories hold up today.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the early part of the 20th century, short stories in pulp magazines were very popular.
Blog text (15) -
I had my comic books and pulp magazines.
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By the 1940s, the pulp magazines had begun their plunge into oblivion.
Fiction book (2001) -
The publication ran the predictable sort of pulp upon which small daily newspapers flourished (and still do).
Academic text (2007) -
He loves reading pulp fiction magazines filled with adventurous stories.
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The bookstore had a large section dedicated to pulp publications from the 1950s.
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Many classic horror films were inspired by stories published in pulp magazines.
Synonyms
176
3.7
A small newspaper or magazine that tells gossip and exciting stories about people
2
7.7
A cheap printed magazine on rough paper with colorful covers and exciting stories
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
17
7.6
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
Compounds
- Archaic
2
7.7
A cheap printed magazine on rough paper with colorful covers and exciting stories
- Specialized
1
4.2
Leftover potato material after removing starch that farmers feed to animals
How Sensational
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pulp comes from the Latin pulpa, 'soft flesh', and later named the soft wood material used to make cheap paper. Because many cheap magazines were printed on that 'pulp' paper, they became known as pulp magazines, famous for fast, sensational stories.