Definition of tabloids:
(n) :
(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news.
(n) :
(figurative) A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.
(adj) :
(figurative) Resembling the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper: appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.
(v) :
To express (something) in a compact or condensed manner, especially in the style of journalism generally associated with a tabloid newspaper (appealing to unsophisticated people, sensational, etc.).
(n) :
(Canada, US, printing) A paper size 11 × 17 inches (279 × 432 millimetres) in dimensions.
(adj) :
In the form of a tabloid (noun noun, sense 2 and noun, sense 2.2): compressed or compact in size.