tabloid

Plural: tabloids

Noun

• A small-format newspaper, often emphasizing sensational news.
• sensationalist journalism
• newspaper with half-size pages
• A small, compressed portion of a chemical, drug, food substance, etc.; a pill, a tablet.
• A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.
• A small biplane manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company and used during World War I (1914–1918).
• A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.
• In full tabloid cruiser: a small yacht used for cruising.
• A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.
• A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news.
• A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.
• A paper size 11 × 17 inches (279 × 432 millimetres) in dimensions.

Adj

• In the form of a tabloid (noun sense 2 and sense 2.3): compressed or compact in size.
• Resembling the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper: appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.

Verb

• To express (something) in a compact or condensed manner, especially in the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper (appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.).
• To convert (a newspaper) into a tabloid (noun sense 2.3) format.

Examples

• tabloid journalism
• The Scrabble tournament results were scandalous enough for a TABLOID headline.

Synonyms

rag, sheet, tab, yellow journalism, red top, scandal sheet

Related Words

yellow press

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