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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  headline
       n : the heading or caption of a newspaper article [syn: {newspaper
           headline}]
       v 1: publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
       2: provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

















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