Definitions for Tabloid

Tabloid tab·loid

Spelling: [tab-loid]
IPA: /ˈtæb lɔɪd/

Tabloid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in Tabloid (abdilot).

Definitions for Tabloid

noun

  1. a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page.
  2. a newspaper this size concentrating on sensational and lurid news, usually heavily illustrated.
  3. a short form or version; condensation; synopsis; summary.

adjective

  1. compressed or condensed in or as if in a tabloid:
  2. luridly or vulgarly sensational.

Origin of Tabloid

First recorded in 1905-10; tabl(et) + -oid

Examples for Tabloid

tabloid sterilisers I have found to be effective in an emergency.

As drama it was accepted that tabloid journalism and high principle were not natural bedfellows.

He pulled a glass tube from one of his pockets and gave her a tabloid.

In 2005, the tabloid was set to publish an exposé on Cosby, featuring allegations from new self-described Cosby victims.

“My dad freaked out when the tabloid reporter turned up,” Cumming says, in his lilting Scottish brogue.

Among other things, I gave him a tabloid of quinine and iron twice a day.

Instead he threw himself on the bed and read a tabloid newspaper.

James listened attentively to this tabloid tragedy, but made no comment.

Constand claimed that the accusation was patently false, and demanded $150,000 in damages from the tabloid and attorney.

She agreed to meet with tabloid editors in New York City and take a lie detector test to back up her claims.

Word Value for Tabloid
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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