Pulp

Meaning

A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter..

Definitions by Sense

1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
2. (figurative) A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
3. (ambitransitive) To make or be made into pulp.
4. (transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.
5. (transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.
6. (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

Example Sentences

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).

Word Forms

• pulps
• pulping
• pulped
• more pulp
• most pulp

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When Should You Use Pulp?

Use pulp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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