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head⋅line

  [hed-lahyn] noun, verb, -lined, -lin⋅ing.
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–noun Also called head.
1. a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
2. the largest such heading on the front page, usually at the top.
3. the line at the top of a page, containing the title, pagination, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to furnish with a headline; head.
5. to mention or name in a headline.
6. to publicize, feature, or star (a specific performer, product, etc.).
7. to be the star of (a show, nightclub act, etc.)
–verb (used without object)
8. to be the star of an entertainment.
Origin:
1620–30; head + line 1
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head·line   (hěd'līn')   
n.  
  1. The title or caption of a newspaper article, usually set in large type.
  2. An important or sensational piece of news. Often used in the plural.
  3. A line at the head of a page or passage giving information such as the title, author, and page number.
tr.v.   head·lined, head·lin·ing, head·lines
  1. To supply (a page or passage) with a headline.
    1. To present or promote as a headliner: The Palace Theater headlines a magician.
    2. To serve as the headliner of: He headlines the bill.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Headline

Head"line`\, n. 1. (Print.) The line at the head or top of a page.

2. (Naut.) See Headrope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : headline
Spanish: titular,
German: die Überschrift,
Japanese: 見出し
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headline 
1676, from head + line. Originally a printers' term for the line at the top of a page containing the title and page number; used of newspapers from 1890, and transferred unthinkingly to broadcast media. Headlinese "language peculiar to headlines" is from 1927.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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