tabloid

[ tab-loid ]
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noun
  1. a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page.

  2. a newspaper this size concentrating on sensational and lurid news, usually heavily illustrated.

  1. a short form or version; condensation; synopsis; summary.

adjective
  1. compressed or condensed in or as if in a tabloid: a tabloid article; a tabloid account of the adventure.

  2. luridly or vulgarly sensational.

Origin of tabloid

1
First recorded in 1905–10; tabl(et) + -oid

Other words from tabloid

  • tab·loid·ism, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for tabloid

tabloid

/ (ˈtæblɔɪd) /


noun
  1. a newspaper with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style: Compare broadsheet

  2. (modifier) designed to appeal to a mass audience or readership; sensationalist: the tabloid press; tabloid television

Origin of tabloid

1
C20: from earlier Tabloid, a trademark for a medicine in tablet form

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