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/tˈæblɔɪd/ Listen

adjective

Tabloid adj.

Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting information.

Of or pertaining to a tabloid newspaper or the type of story typically contained in one, such as lurid or sensationalistic stories of scandal, crime, or violence.

noun

Tabloid n.

A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.

A newspaper with pages about half the size of a standard-sized newspaper, especially one that has relatively short or condensed articles and a large porortion of pictorial matter.

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Etymology of 'Tabloid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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