doorstop
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.16 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
noun
An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "Meanwhile, all the Democrats had to put forward that year was a doorstop called Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill."
- "Walter Isaacson’s insight-free doorstop makes at least one thing clear: the richest man in the world has a lot of growing up to do[.]"
- "And television dominates this place — just look at Beazley tossing around cans of tomato soup at his morning doorstops outside Parliament House."
- "The six o′clock news was regarded as the pivotal point in the day. As the news was beginning, often the Premier would make himself available for a doorstop press conference."
- "It was estimated, for example, that Treasurer Wayne Swan had given more than 250 interviews and doorstops by the end of his first year in office."
Etymology
Usage
- Humorous
- British usage
- Australian usage