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
Examples of 'tabloid newspaper' in a sentence
tabloid newspaper
His allegation was reported in a tabloid newspaper yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She is said to be negotiating with a tabloid newspaper to sell her story.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The finance ministry and the country's biggest tabloid newspaper were also hit.
The Sun (2011)
She sold her story to a tabloid newspaper shortly afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Last week a tabloid newspaper carried a feature about a pageant hopeful.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My fellow tabloid newspaper readers, change is coming.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Germany's top-selling tabloid newspaper presented its readers with an ultimatum last month.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It totally sees why every tabloid newspaper in this country ran with the story.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So it's no great surprise that the fictional tabloid newspaper gets a better hearing.