A tabloid is a newspaper that has small pages, short articles, and lots of photographs. Tabloids are often considered to be less serious than other newspapers. Compare broadsheet.
'The British tabloids called me "leggy" and "stunning",' she recalls.
tabloid in British English
(ˈtæblɔɪd)
noun
1.
a newspaper with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
Compare broadsheet
2. (modifier)
designed to appeal to a mass audience or readership; sensationalist
the tabloid press
tabloid television
Word origin
C20: from earlier Tabloid, a trademark for a medicine in tablet form
tabloid in American English
(ˈtæbˌlɔɪd)
noun
1.
a size of newspaper page, about 14 inches high by 12 inches wide, half the size of a standard page
see also broadsheet (sense 2)
2.
a newspaper using such a page size, esp. one with many pictures and short, often sensational, news stories
adjective
3.
condensed; short
4.
of or characterized by the sensationalism regarded as typical of tabloids
tabloid talk shows
Word origin
tablet + -oid: orig. a trademark for a medicine tablet
Examples of 'tabloid' in a sentence
tabloid
The tabloid press had a field day.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is no blurring between quality and tabloid journalism here.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
British tabloids took a distinctly different line.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Next morning, one of the tabloids had devoted their entire front page to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She had been trying to ride two horses: broadsheet and tabloid.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Surely the first example of anyone moving to Britain to escape the attentions of the tabloid press?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The documentary intensity of Gomorrah is a tabloid scandal.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is a shocking device, and one that the tabloids will applaud.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He criticised the make-up of the panel for failing to include anyone with experience in tabloid journalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The switch from broadsheet to tabloid format presented many design challenges, not least for the front page.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The tabloids will love that.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
AL That brought the tabloid journalism that was becoming rife in football and other areas into cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The circumstances of the case have transfixed America's tabloid press for months.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He turns his attention to the tabloid press: 'Some have a lot to answer for.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That's a reference to the witch-hunt into tabloid journalism.
The Sun (2015)
JUST a few days before my interview with the duke, he made his most recent appearance in the tabloid press.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She tried to escape attention by moving to a remote part of Scotland but one tabloid printed the name of the street and photographs of her house.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Bidding for the first interview with her is said to have reached half a million euros, with British tabloids in the running.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A group of British tabloid journalists were pelted with eggs by a French campaigner yesterday and pursued across the camp.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All related terms of 'tabloid'
tabloid press
→ the tabloid press
tabloid headlines
A headline is the title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters at the top of the story, especially on the front page .
tabloid journalism
Journalism is the job of collecting news and writing about it for newspapers, magazines , television, or radio.
tabloid newspaper
a newspaper with pages about 30 cm (12 inches ) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
the tabloid press
(considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches ) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style