headline

== English == === Etymology === From head +‎ line. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛd.laɪn/ Rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn === Noun === headline (plural headlines) (journalism) The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article. Synonyms: hed, lead (printing, dated) The line at the top of a page containing the folio or number of the page. (entertainment) The top-billed attraction. Synonym: headliner (nautical) A headrope. This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (heading): byline, dateline ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Glossary of journalism: Article components === Verb === headline (third-person singular simple present headlines, present participle headlining, simple past and past participle headlined) To give a headline to a page or section of a text. (transitive, intransitive, entertainment) To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction. ==== Derived terms ==== headliner