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Noun: headline  'hed,lIn
  1. The heading or caption of a newspaper article
    - newspaper headline
Verb: headline  'hed,lIn
  1. Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
     
  2. (publication) provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
Noun: head line
  1. A head line is a crease on the palm said to represent the person's mind and the way it works, including learning style, communication style, intellectualism, and thirst for knowledge.
    "Often, the head line is joined with the life line (see below) at inception."

Derived forms: headlined, headlines, headlining

Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], crease, crinkle, furnish, furrow, head, header, heading, line, offer, provide, publicise [Brit], publicize, render, seam, supply, wrinkle

Part of: newspaper, palm, paper, thenar

Encyclopedia: Headline, William