newspaper

noun

1. (countable)A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality paper; today usually digital and often also available in print.

   “Many major newspapers are paywalled because they need the revenue.”

   “The paper boy delivers her newspaper to her front porch every weekday.”

   “There is, however, one habit of reading which has become almost a social evil; and that is the habit of reading newspapers which many indulge in, morning, noon, and night.”

   “‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police[…]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?”

2. (countable, metonymically)The news organization that produces such a publication.

   “Holonyms: press, news media, media”

   “Some newspapers are afraid to do hard-hitting investigative journalism. But this newspaper doesn't run from a fight.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

verb

1. (transitive)To cover with newspaper.

   “She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.”

2. (intransitive, transitive)To engage in the business of journalism

   “His newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towns.”

3. (obsolete, transitive)To harass somebody through newspaper articles.

   “He got newspapered out of public life.”