■ noun a newspaper having pages half the size of those of a broadsheet, typically popular in style and dominated by sensational stories.
↘[as modifier ] chiefly N. Amer. lurid and sensational: a ~ TV show.
Derivatives
~ization or ~isation noun
Origin
C19: from tablet + -oid ; orig. a proprietary term for a medicinal tablet; the current sense reflects the notion of ‘concentrated, easily assimilable’.