Usually means: Late-breaking news in publishing.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word stop press:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. stop press: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stop-press, stop press: Merriam-Webster
  3. stop press: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stop press: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stop press: Vocabulary.com
  6. stop press: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. stop press: Wiktionary
  8. stop press: Dictionary.com
  9. Stop press: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. stop press: Rhymezone
  11. stop press: FreeDictionary.org
  12. stop press: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. stop-press, stop press: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stop Press: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (stop press)

noun:  (UK, journalism) The event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
verb:  (UK) Used to announce an event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
verb:  (idiomatic, UK) Used to grab attention, implying importance, news-worthiness, etc.

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