noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Wallpaper.

   "The papering of one side of the room had dropped down bodily, with fragments of plaster adhering to it, and almost blocked up the door."

2. 2
   the application of wallpaper wordnet
3. 3
   A technique of boycotting a judge by the Public Defender's Office by filing a request for a different judge in every case assigned to this judge.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of paper form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

paperhanging

Example

More examples

"I will do the papering after you do the painting."

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