Definitions for tabloids

tabloids tab·loid

Spelling: [tab-loid]
IPA: /ˈtæb lɔɪd/

Tabloids is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 436 anagrams from letters in tabloids (abdilost).

Definitions for tabloids

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 tabloids

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

Examples for tabloids

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

Word Value for tabloids
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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