¹tabloid

adjective tab·loid \ˈta-ˌblȯid\

Definition of TABLOID

: compressed or condensed into small scope <tabloid criticism>

: 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

Origin of TABLOID

from Tabloid, a trademark

First Known Use: 1901

Other Publishing Terms

annotate, dreadful, emend, expurgate, factoid, jump, lobster shift, redaction, referee

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