"stop press" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-stop press.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From stop the presses, US newspaper-printing jargon. Etymology templates: {{m|en|stop the presses}} stop the presses Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} stop press
  1. (UK, journalism) The event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-stop_press-en-noun--cQoXxNh Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 36 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 32 34 Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stop-press when used as a noun in attribution

Verb

Audio: En-au-stop press.ogg [Australia] Forms: stops press [present, singular, third-person], stopping press [participle, present], stopped press [participle, past], stopped press [past]
Etymology: From stop the presses, US newspaper-printing jargon. Etymology templates: {{m|en|stop the presses}} stop the presses Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stop press (third-person singular simple present stops press, present participle stopping press, simple past and past participle stopped press)
  1. (UK) Used to announce an event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of publication, particularly of a newspaper edition. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-stop_press-en-verb-m-rgkWb2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 36 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 32 34
  2. (idiomatic, UK) Used to grab attention, implying importance, news-worthiness, etc. Tags: UK, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-stop_press-en-verb-8hrfQtwX Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English imperatives, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 36 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 28 35 36 Disambiguation of English imperatives: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 32 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stop-press when used as a noun in attribution Related terms: stop the presses

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