tabloidadjective, noun [ C ]
uk/ˈtæb.lɔɪd/us/ˈtæb.lɔɪd/B2 (of or relating to) a type of popular newspaper with small pages that has many pictures and short, simple reports:
the tabloid press
a tabloid newspaper
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- She had no desire to embroil herself in lengthy lawsuits with the tabloid newspapers.
- The Finance Minister's fall from grace gave the tabloid press great satisfaction.
- The tabloid newspapers have fastened on popular psychology.
- He doesn't want this story to get into the grubby hands of the tabloid press .
- The story was seized on by the tabloid press, who printed it under huge headlines.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Newspapers & magazines
- back copy
- broadsheet
- brochure
- colour supplement
- comic
- daily paper
- editorial
- journal
- lad mag
- magazine
- manga
- organ
- reader
- serialize
- Sunday paper
- supermarket tabloid
- trade
- tribune
- weekly
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