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 ]

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 ]