First Known Use: 1901
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1tabloid
adjective tab·loid \ˈta-ˌblȯid\
Definition of TABLOID
1
: compressed or condensed into small scope <tabloid criticism>
2
: of, relating to, or resembling tabloids; especially : featuring stories of violence, crime, or scandal presented in a sensational manner <tabloid television>
— tab·loid·ism \-ˌblȯi-ˌdi-zəm\ noun
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Origin of TABLOID
from Tabloid, a trademark
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Rhymes with TABLOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
2tabloid
noun
: a newspaper that has pages about half the size of an ordinary newspaper and that typically contains many photographs and stories about famous people and other less serious news items
Full Definition of TABLOID
2
: a newspaper that is about half the page size of an ordinary newspaper and that contains news in condensed form and much photographic matter
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First Known Use of TABLOID
1906
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