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/hˈɛdlˌaɪn/ Listen

noun

Headline n.

(Print.) The line at the head or top of a page.

(Naut.) See Headrope.

(Journalism) A title for an article in a newspaper, sometimes one line, sometimes more, set in larger and bolder type than the body of the article and indicating the subject matter or content of the article.

A similar title at the top of the newspaper indicating the most important story of the day; also, a title for an illustration or picture.

verb

headline v. t.

To mention in a headline.

To furnish with a headline (senses 1, 3, or 4).

To publicise prominently in an advertisement.

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Etymology of 'Headline'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Headline" Quotes from Famous Books

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— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

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— Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby and Other Stories • Kathleen Norris

... vindicated—if it pays. On the other hand, see what splendid financial successes the ICONOCLAST, the Galveston News and the so-called yellow journalism of New York all are. "Deserve, in order to command success," the old copy-book headline used to say, from which it follows as mud does rain, that whatever succeeds deserves it, and whatever doesn't, doesn't. It doesn't take much besides capital to succeed, however, "where the conditions for the propagation of empiricism are more favorable than ever before." ...

— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... pointed to an article. Drake took the paper and read the article through. His face darkened as he read. The article had a headline which puzzled Drake for a moment. It was entitled The Drabious Duke, and it proceeded to set out the episode of Gorley's court-martial and execution. The facts, Drake recognised, were not exaggerated, but the sting lay in the suggestion with ...

— The Philanderers • A.E.W. Mason

... had seen another headline—a big headline that read: "Loss of Life at Rising Water! Governess of Jerome Tressady's Family Swims One Mile to ...

— Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby and Other Stories • Kathleen Norris

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