pulp
/pʌlp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "These sources do not, however, state why the drink is called lambswool. The name comes from the way the apples are roasted until they split open, and their pulp froths over the skin; this is used to float on top of the bowl of drink."
- "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."
- "The fledgling comics business was a sweatshop trade for creative hopefuls too inexperienced, too socially ill-equipped, or, more often, too minimally talented for the established avenues of hackdom, the pulps and commercial art."
- "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^([sic]) 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)."
Etymology
From Middle English pulpe, from Latin pulpa.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pulpe, pulpa
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pʌlp/
- British English: /pʌlp/
Usage
Inflected Forms
pulps (plural)
pulps (present, singular)
pulping (participle, present)
pulped (participle, past)
pulped (past)
more pulp (comparative)
most pulp (superlative)