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newspapering

newspapering is the present participle and gerund of newspaper.

Meaning of newspaper

Verb

newspaper (third-person singular simple present newspapers, present participle newspapering, simple past and past participle newspapered)

  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.

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Questions about newspapering

What is newspapering the present participle and gerund of?
Newspapering is the present participle and gerund of newspaper.

Words near newspapering in the dictionary

  1. newspaperboy
  2. newspaperboys
  3. newspaperdom
  4. newspapered
  5. newspaperese
  6. newspapering
  7. newspaperish
  8. newspaperishness
  9. newspaperism
  10. newspaperize
  11. newspaperized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: newspapering (page history and authors); newspaper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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