pulpy

pulpy
a) Having the characteristics of pulp

A pulpy TV thriller.

b) Having the characteristics of pulp fiction; thus, having a garish focus on sex and violence

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  • Pulpy — Pulp y, n. Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the {pulpy} covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pulpy — [pul′pē] adj. pulpier, pulpiest of or like pulp: also pulpous pulpily adv. pulpiness n …   English World dictionary

  • pulpy — In the condition of a soft, moist solid. SYN: pulposus. * * * pulpy pəl pē adj, pulp·i·er; pulp·i·est resembling or consisting of pulp <a pulpy mass> * * * pul·py (pulґpe) soft or pultaceous …   Medical dictionary

  • pulpy — [[t]pʌ̱lpi[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is pulpy is soft, smooth, and wet, often because it has been crushed or beaten. The chutney should be a thick, pulpy consistency …   English dictionary

  • pulpy — pulp ► NOUN 1) a soft, wet mass of crushed or pounded material. 2) the soft fleshy part of a fruit. 3) a soft wet mass of fibres derived from rags or wood, used in papermaking. 4) (before another noun ) denoting popular or sensational writing,… …   English terms dictionary

  • pulpy — мягкий pulpy fruit мягкий плод …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

  • pulpy kidney — n a destructive enterotoxemia of lambs caused by a bacterium of the genus Clostridium (C. perfingens) and characterized by softening and degeneration of the kidneys and often by accumulation of fluid about the heart called also pulpy kidney… …   Medical dictionary

  • pulpy fleshy — nonwoody onwoody adj. not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody plants. Opposite of {woody}. [Narrower terms: {herbaceous}; {pulpy, fleshy}] [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pulpy kidney disease — noun or pulpy kidney : a destructive enterotoxemia of lambs caused by clostridia (especially Clostridium welchii) and characterized by softening and degeneration of the kidneys and often by accumulation of fluid about the heart …   Useful english dictionary

  • pulpy kidney — noun see pulpy kidney disease …   Useful english dictionary

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