headline Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
    newspaper headline.
  2. verb publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
  3. verb provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

WordNet


Head"line` noun
Definitions
  1. (Print.) The line at the head or top of a page.
  2. (Naut.) See Headrope.

Webster 1913