graf

noun

ˈgraf 

plural grafs

informal

: paragraph

That second graf is important because … the paper's authors had not bothered to disclose that wee conflict of interest.

—Gary Legum

especially : a paragraph in a news story

A previous version of this story misstated the day in first graf.

—CNN Business

… I decided that I couldn't live that way for months, my thoughts never alighting on anything longer than a news graf.

—Angelica Baker

see also nut graf

Word History

Etymology

by shortening and respelling

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing graf

• nut graf