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noun
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a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
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a piece, sheet, or leaf of this.
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something resembling this substance, as papyrus.
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a written or printed document or the like.
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EXPANDstationery; writing paper.
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a newspaper or journal.
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an essay, article, or dissertation on a particular topic: a paper on early Mayan artifacts.
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Often, papers. a document establishing or verifying identity, status, or the like: citizenship papers.
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negotiable notes, bills, etc., as commercial paper or paper money: Only silver, please, no paper.
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a sheet or card of paper with pins or needles stuck through it in rows.
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a set of questions for an examination, an individual set of written answers to them, or any written piece of schoolwork.
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COLLAPSESlang. a free pass to an entertainment.
verb (used with object)
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to cover with wallpaper or apply wallpaper to: They papered the bedroom last summer.
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to line or cover with paper.
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to distribute handbills, posters, etc., throughout: to paper a neighborhood with campaign literature.
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to fold, enclose, or wrap in paper.
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EXPANDto supply with paper.
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Informal. to deluge with documents, especially those requiring one to comply with certain technical procedures, as a means of legal harassment: He papered the plaintiff to force a settlement.
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Slang. to fill (a theater or the like) with spectators by giving away free tickets or passes.
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COLLAPSEArchaic.
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to write or set down on paper.
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to describe in writing.
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verb (used without object)
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to apply wallpaper to walls.
adjective
Verb phrase26.
made of paper or paperlike material: a paper bag.
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paperlike; thin, flimsy, or frail.
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of, pertaining to, or noting routine clerical duties.
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pertaining to or carried on by means of letters, articles, books, etc.: a paper war.
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EXPANDwritten or printed on paper.
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existing in theory or principle only and not in reality: paper profits.
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indicating the first event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
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COLLAPSESlang. including many patrons admitted on free passes, as an audience for a theatrical performance: It's a paper house tonight.
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Idiompaper over, to patch up or attempt to conceal (a difference, disagreement, etc.) so as to preserve a friendship, present a unified opinion, etc.: to paper over a dispute.
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on paper,
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in written or printed form.
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in theory rather than in practice.
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existing only in a preliminary state; in a plan or design: The university building program is still only on paper.
Related forms
pa·per·less, adjective
pa·per·like, adjective
re·pa·per, verb (used with object)
un·pa·pered, adjective
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paper
mid-14c., from Anglo-Fr. paper, O.Fr. papier, from L. papyrus "paper, paper made of papyrus stalks" (see papyrus). As shortened form of newspaper, first attested 1640s. In plural, "collection of papers to establish one's identity, credentials, etc.," it is attested from
EXPAND 1680s. The verb meaning "to decorate a room with paper hangings" is attested from 1774. Paperless is attested from 1971. Paper chase is British slang from 1932. Paper tiger (1952) translates Chinese tsuh lao fu, popularized by Mao Zedong.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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