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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Tabloid \Tab"loid\, n. [A table-mark.]
1. A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or
of food, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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.
[PJC]


Tabloid \Tab"loid\ (t[a^]b"loid), a.
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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.
[PJC]