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tabloid

[ tab-loid ]

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.
  3. 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.

tabloid

/ ˈæɔɪ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tabloid1

First recorded in 1905–10; tabl(et) + -oid
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tabloid1

C20: from earlier Tabloid, a trademark for a medicine in tablet form
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Given the very public nature of their marriage, Brinkley found herself unable to cultivate support for fear that the tabloids would find out about Joel’s addiction.

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And it is not up to Meghan to cure prejudice, whether it's coming from the tabloids, randos on the internet, or her own extended family.

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But it’s also who Trump has been since his earliest interviews with the New York City tabloids and TV hosts all those decades ago.

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“People attach the label tabloid to ‘Inside Edition’ and the others.

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Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, came to New York to escape from London and the constant attention of the aggressive British tabloids.

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