tabloid
See also: tabloïd
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a trademark for a medicine compressed into a tablet. See -oid.
Noun[edit]
tabloid (plural tabloids)
- (publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.
- (medicine, dated) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.
- 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”:
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‘It’s those tabloids!’ Conroy stamped his foot feebly as he blew his nose. ‘They’ve knocked me out. I used to be fit once.’
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- 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”:
Synonyms[edit]
- scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow press
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
A newspaper that favours stories of sensational nature
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Adjective[edit]
tabloid (not comparable)
- In the format of a tabloid.
- Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.
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2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
- Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.
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tabloid journalism
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Translations[edit]
in the format of a tabloid
relating to a tabloid
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See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English tabloid.
Noun[edit]
tabloid m (invariable)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English tabloid.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabloid m inan
Declension[edit]
declension of tabloid
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tabloid | tabloidy |
genitive | tabloidu | tabloidów |
dative | tabloidowi | tabloidom |
accusative | tabloid | tabloidy |
instrumental | tabloidem | tabloidami |
locative | tabloidzie | tabloidach |
vocative | tabloidzie | tabloidy |
Synonyms[edit]
Categories:
- English words suffixed with -oid
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Publishing
- en:Medicine
- English dated terms
- English terms with quotations
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English terms with usage examples
- English genericized trademarks
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- pl:Publishing