1.
[syn: headline, newspaper headline]
VERB (2)
1. publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline;
2. provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Headline \Head"line`\ (-l[imac]n`), n.
1. (Print.) The line at the head or top of a page.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Naut.) See Headrope.
[1913 Webster]
3. (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.
[PJC]
4. 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.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
headline \head"line`\ (-l[imac]n`), v. t.
1. To mention in a headline.
[PJC]
2. To furnish with a headline (senses 1, 3, or 4).
[PJC]
3. To publicise prominently in an advertisement.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
headline
n 1: the heading or caption of a newspaper article [syn:
headline, newspaper headline]
v 1: publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
2: provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "headline":
banner, banner head, be a gas, be a hit, bill, bomb, caption,
dramatize, drop head, dropline, epigraph, fail, feature, flop,
hanger, head, head up, heading, jump head, legend, make a hit,
melodramatize, motto, mount, open, open a show, overline, premiere,
present, preview, produce, put on, rubric, running head,
running title, scarehead, scenarize, screamer, set the stage,
spread, spreadhead, stage, star, streamer, subhead, subheading,
subtitle, succeed, superscription, theatricalize, title,
title page, try out