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tabloid definition

tab·loid (tab′lo̵id′)

noun

  1. a size of newspaper page, about 14 inches high by 12 inches wide, half the size of a standard page
  2. a newspaper using such a page size, esp. one with many pictures and short, often sensational, news stories

Etymology: tabl(et) + -oid: orig. a trademark for a medicine tablet

adjective

  1. condensed; short
  2. of or characterized by the sensationalism regarded as typical of tabloids tabloid talk shows

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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