Tabloid Definition
tăbloid
tabloids
noun
tabloids
A size of newspaper page, about 14 inches high by 12 inches wide, half the size of a standard page.
Webster's New World
A newspaper using such a page size, esp. one with many pictures and short, often sensational, news stories.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Condensed; short.
Webster's New World
Lurid or sensational.
American Heritage
Of or characterized by the sensationalism regarded as typical of tabloids.
Tabloid talk shows.
Webster's New World
In the format of a tabloid.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Tabloid
Noun
Singular:
tabloid
Plural:
tabloidsOrigin of Tabloid
From tabloid journalism from Tabloid trademark for a drug or chemical in condensed form
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From a trademark for a medicine compressed into a tablet. See -oid.
From Wiktionary
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