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Definition of Newspaper headline
1. Noun. The heading or caption of a newspaper article.
Group relationships: Newspaper, Paper
Generic synonyms: Head, Header, Heading
Specialized synonyms: Drop Line, Dropline, Stagger Head, Staggered Head, Stephead, Stepped Line, Screamer, Banner, Streamer
Derivative terms: Headline, Headline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Newspaper Headline
Literary usage of Newspaper headline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Writing the Photoplay by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Arthur Leeds (1919)
"... may be better displayed as a newspaper headline. A two-column display head is
better shaped for use on the screen than the deeper single- column head. ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"... 1992 Tucson Citizen (newspaper) headline, Public saying no to the Forest
Service (Sorenson) October 2, 1992 Tucson Citizen headline, "Forest Service ..."
3. Handbook for Newspaper Workers, Treating Grammar, Punctuation, English by Grant Milnor Hyde (1921)
"The modern American newspaper headline is a complete statement, always containing
a verb and a subject or predicate, or both, stated or implied. ..."
4. Writing an Advertisement: A Analysis of the Methods and the Mental Processes by Samuel Roland Hall (1915)
"Consequently, the newspaper headline clearly indicates what follows. If a reader
is not interested in a certain subject, the newspaper editor expects that ..."
5. Writing an Advertisement: A Analysis of the Methods and the Mental Processes by Samuel Roland Hall (1915)
"... those interested in politics, sports for those interested in that department,
etc. Consequently, the newspaper headline clearly indicates what follows. ..."
6. A Course in Journalistic Writing by Grant Milnor Hyde (1922)
"Now, although the magazine editor hesitates to imitate the form of the newspaper
headline, he imitates its content, and, therefore, the two words, ..."
7. The International Socialist Review by Algie Martin Simons (1907)
"''Millionaire Socialist So-and-so To Live In A Hut", says a newspaper headline.
The statement not being true, we may assume an ulterior motive besides the ..."
8. Essentials in Journalism: A Manual in Newspaper Making for College Classes by Harry Franklin Harrington, Theodore Thomas Frankenberg (1912)
"Look up the meaning of sardonic, parasite, pastor, tribulation. 3. Newspaper
headline : " She Suspicioned Him of Murder." Is the usage recognized ? ..."
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