tabloid: Meaning and Definition of

tab•loid

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.

1. compressed or condensed in or as if in a tabloid: a tabloid article; a tabloid account of the adventure.
2. luridly or vulgarly sensational.