Associations to the word «Headline»

Wiktionary

HEADLINE, noun. A heading or title of an article.
HEADLINE, noun. (entertainment) The top-billed attraction.
HEADLINE, noun. (nautical) A headrope.
HEADLINE, verb. (entertainment) To have top billing; to be the main attraction

Dictionary definition

HEADLINE, noun. The heading or caption of a newspaper article.
HEADLINE, verb. Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline.
HEADLINE, verb. Provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats