Noun: headline 'hed,lIn
- The heading or caption of a newspaper article
"The headline read: 'Peace Treaty Signed'";
- newspaper headline
- Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
"The discovery was headlined in all major newspapers"
- (publication) provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
"The editor headlined the breaking news story on the front page"
- In palmistry, a crease on the palm believed to indicate mental characteristics, intellectual capacity, and communication style
"Often, the head line is joined with the life line at inception"
Derived forms: headlined, headlines, headlining
Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], crease, crinkle, furnish, furrow, head, header, heading, line, offer, provide, publicise [Brit], publicize, render, seam, supply, wrinkle
Part of: newspaper, palm, paper, thenar
Encyclopedia: Headline, William