stop press verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •(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. •(UK) Used to grab attention, implying importance, news-worthiness, etc. noun1 •(UK) An event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.Three of the errata corrections had already been made as stop-press corrections … — 1989 formsstopped press · stopping press · stops press