bus plunge
A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the…A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
Meaning
4 senses(idiomatic, often, uncountable)A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
A phrase often used in filler story headlines in print newspapers, prior to the adoption of computer-aided typesetting and publishing methods, as it filled out the usual width of a column in the eight-column layout then prevalent in the industry.
(countable, idiomatic, often, uncountable)A specific instance of such a story.
We ran a bus plunge story on page 6 to fill the empty space so we could make deadline.
(broadly, countable, idiomatic, often, uncountable)A similar example in other media of a filler story.
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bus, plunge. An instance of a bus falling from an elevated place.
Origin
From bus + plunge.From bus + plunge.
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Forms
plural: bus plunges| Singular | bus plunge |
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regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.