Bramah press
() A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic. |
Drill press
() A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw. |
Gossip
(n.) A sponsor |
Gossip
(n.) A friend or comrade |
Gossip
(n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news |
Gossip
(n.) The tattle of a gossip |
Gossip
(v. t.) To stand sponsor to. |
Gossip
(v. i.) To make merry. |
Gossip
(v. i.) To prate |
Gossip
(v. i.) To run about and tattle |
News-writer
(n.) One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters. |
Press
(n.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black. |
Press
(n.) To force into service, particularly into naval service |
Press
(n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. |
Press
(v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight |
Press
(v.) To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of |
Press
(v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth |
Press
(v.) To embrace closely |
Press
(v.) To oppress |
Press
(v.) To straiten |
Press
(v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over |
Press
(v.) To try to force (something upon some one) |
Press
(v.) To drive with violence |
Press
(v. i.) To exert pressure |
Press
(v. i.) To move on with urging and crowding |
Press
(v. i.) To urge with vehemence or importunity |
Press
(n.) An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken |
Press
(n.) Specifically, a printing press. |
Press
(n.) The art or business of printing and publishing |
Press
(n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles |
Press
(n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward. |
Press
(n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs |
Press
(n.) A multitude of individuals crowded together |
Story-writer
(n.) One who writes short stories, as for magazines. |
Story-writer
(n.) An historian |
Writer
(n.) One who writes, or has written |
Writer
(n.) One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession |
Writer
(n.) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. |
press
pressure
pressing | the act of pressing, the exertion of pressure, he gave the button a press, he used pressure to stop the bleeding, at the pressing of a button |
| bench press | a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward |
| incline bench press | a bench press performed on an inclined bench |
| press military press | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
pushup
press-up | an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms |
| field press censorship | security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces |
| bench press | a small punch press mounted on a workbench |
| cheese press | a press for shaping cheese curd |
| drill press | a machine tool with a separate, upright stand, an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever |
drop forge
drop hammer
drop press | device for making large forgings |
flatbed press
cylinder press | a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type |
| garlic press | a press for extracting juice from garlic |
| hydraulic press | press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area |
permanent press
durable press | a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape |
press
mechanical press | any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids |
| press printing press | a machine used for printing |
| press | clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use |
| press box | box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event) |
| press gallery | an area (sometimes in a balcony) set aside for reporters (especially in a legislative hall) |
press of sail
press of canvas | the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely |
| punch press | a power driven press used to shape metal parts |
| rotary press | a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder |
snap
snap fastener
press stud | a fastener used on clothing, fastens with a snapping sound, children can manage snaps better than buttons |
| standing press | a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically |
trouser press
pants presser | a home appliance in which trousers can be hung and the wrinkles pressed out |
wardrobe
closet press | a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes, has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes |
| freedom of the press | a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
| writer's block | an inability to write, he had writer's block, the words wouldn't come |
| gutter press | press that engages in sensational journalism (especially concerning the private lives of public figures) |
| free press | a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology |
press
public press | the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines |
samizdat
underground press | a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature |
writer's name
author's name | the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work |
clipping
newspaper clipping
press clipping
cutting
press cutting | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine, he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
| stop press | late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute |
handout
press release
release | an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation |
d chitchat
chithat
chit chat
small talk
gab
gabfest
gossip
tittle-tattle
chin wag
chin-wag
chin wagging
chin-wagging
causerie b | light informal conversation for social occasions |
press conference
news conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity |
| gossip comment scuttlebutt | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people, the divorce caused much gossip |
scandal
dirt
malicious gossip | disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people |
crush
jam
press | a dense crowd of people |
| press gang | a detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy |
news agency
press agency
wire service
press association
news organization
news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
| press corps | a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics, the White House press corps |
correspondent
letter writer | someone who communicates by means of letters |
| folk writer | a writer of folktales |
gossip
gossiper
gossipmonger
rumormonger
rumourmonger
newsmonger | a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others |
| gossip columnist | a journalist who writes a column of gossip about celebrities |
hack hack writer
literary hack | a mediocre and disdained writer |
press agent
publicity man
public relations man
PR man | someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure) |