Synonyms for tabloid

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tab-loid

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæb lɔɪd

Définition of tabloid

Origin : 1884, "small tablet of medicine," trademark name (by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co.) for compressed or concentrated chemicals and drugs, formed from tablet + Greek-derived suffix -oid. By 1898, it was being used figuratively to mean a compressed form or dose of anything, hence tabloid journalism (1901), and newspapers that typified it (1918), so called for having short, condensed news articles and/or for being small in size.

noun newspaper

Example sentences :

Tabloid sterilisers I have found to be effective in an emergency.
Extract from : « Training for the Trenches » by Leslie Vickers

Among other things, I gave him a tabloid of quinine and iron twice a day.
Extract from : « Gorillas & Chimpanzees » by R. L. Garner

James listened attentively to this tabloid tragedy, but made no comment.
Extract from : « The Man Upstairs » by P. G. Wodehouse

He pulled a glass tube from one of his pockets and gave her a tabloid.
Extract from : « The White Blackbird » by Hudson Douglas

Instead he threw himself on the bed and read a tabloid newspaper.
Extract from : « Clue of the Silken Ladder » by Mildred A. Wirt

She had an uncanny way of expanding Heppie's tabloid speeches.
Extract from : « The Window at the White Cat » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

That's the tabloid novel—one swallow of water, and it's gone.
Extract from : « The Trimmed Lamp » by O. Henry

For use throw one tabloid into a cup of hot water, wait a minute and a satisfying infusion is the result.
Extract from : « Touring Afoot » by Claude Powell Fordyce

For hours—eating what meager stock of tabloid food with which their vehicle was provisioned—they flew onward.
Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings

Her report was really an interesting 'travelogue' of a trip around the world, given in tabloid form.
Extract from : « Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers » by Bhakta Vishita

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