English Explanatory Dictionary

black top

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of blacktop.
  2. A middle-market tabloid; a tabloid newspaper aimed at the middle class, perceived as having intermediate journalistic standards between a broadsheet and a red top.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, top.
verb
  1. Alternative form of blacktop.

Word forms

black top black tops black topping black topped

Etymology

British middle-market newspapers, such as the Daily Mail and Daily Express, typically present their titles in bold black letters.

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