red top noun4 •(UK, Ireland) A tabloid newspaper, particularly one of those aimed primarily at a working class audience and considered to have lower journalistic standards than black tops or broadsheets. •(UK) Milk of the kind sold with a red top, or a bottle thereof. •(UK) skimmed milkRed-top milk might be about to disappear — 2020 •(UK) homogenised whole milkSemi-skimmed milk (half the fat of silver and red top) — 1996 formsred tops · red-tops