red-top

noun

1. a tabloid newspaper characterized by sensationalism

Word History and Origins

Origin of red-top¹

C20: from the colour of the masthead on these publications

Example Sentences

The original cash cow of the Murdoch newspapers was his red-top daily, The Sun.

From The Daily Beast

These two stages are known by the trained entomologist as the "yellow-top" and the "red-top" stages respectively.

From Project Gutenberg

The valley here is wide and filled with abundance of excellent grass, clover, wild oats, wheat and red top.

From Project Gutenberg

Himself, he trembled; for he knew that he was looking—not at an ordinary cloud, but at Red-Top Plume himself, the great cloud god!

From Project Gutenberg

It is a mixture of Bermuda grass with a variety of herbage, and has just as good general effect as if it were the best red-top.

From Project Gutenberg

Red-clover makes fair hay, though inferior to timothy or red-top.

From Project Gutenberg