20 NAME _____________________________________________ DATE ____________

Newspaper Jar gon

Complete the chart. Write the jargon meaning for each word.

WORD USUAL MEANING NEWSPAPER JARGON

1. bleed lose blood __________________________

2. headline part of a body, and

a long narrow mark __________________________

3. scoop a small shovel __________________________

4. crop plants grown by a

farmer __________________________

5. stringer someone who hangs

string __________________________

6. dummy a lifelike doll __________________________

7. beat hit __________________________

8. masthead a tall pole for a boat, and

a part of the body __________________________

9. widow a woman whose

husband has died __________________________

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