tab‧loid /ˈtæblɔɪd/ (
also ˌtabloid ˈnewspaper)
noun [countable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: Tabloid a trademark for a medicinal tablet (19-20 centuries); because of the small size of the tablet]
a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and stories mainly about sex, famous people etc rather than serious news ⇒
broadsheet—tabloid adjective [only before noun]:
tabloid journalists [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲