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noun Also called head.
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the largest such heading on the front page, usually at the top.
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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.)
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Headlined
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object)
8.
to be the star of an entertainment.
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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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