red top
Herd's-grass variety
Red top refers to a tabloid newspaper, from the red mastheads that distinguish sensationalist British papers like *The Sun* and *Daily Mirror* from broadsheets: The red tops had a field day with the scandal.
The term often carries dismissive connotations about journalistic standards.
Separately, redtop is a common pasture grass with reddish flower clusters.
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- tabloid pressSensationalist news publications
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- hemFolded garment edge
collar · scarlet · miniskirt · sensationalism · crimson · sleeve · halterneck · low cut · headline · front page · kiss and tell · paparazzi · celebrity gossip · freesheet · gossip · popular · scandal · spin
- Fleet StreetFleet Street, Daily Mail, The Times, The Guardian, Sunday Times
- tabloid mediasensationalism, tabloids, yellow journalism, tabloidization, gossip columns
- phlebotomyblood draw, blood sample, phlebotomist, vacutainer, tourniquet
red topclover
Three-leafed legume plant
white clover · red clover · alfalfa · fescue · ryegrass
red topbroadsheet
Large-format serious newspaper
quality press · The Times · The Guardian · The Telegraph · Financial Times
red, top, reds, redder, reddest, redden, reddish, redness, tops