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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tabloid

/tăb'-loid/ · Tab·loid · IPA /ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/
01 n. A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.
  1. 1.
    A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.
  2. 2.
    a newspaper with pages about half the size of a standard-sized newspaper, especially one that has relatively short or condensed articles and a large porortion of pictorial matter.
02 a. Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting in…
  1. 1.
    Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting information.
  2. 2.
    of or pertaining to a tabloid newspaper or the type of story typically contained in one, such as lurid or sensationalistic stories of scandal, crime, or violence.