HEADLINE

I. noun Date: 1824 words set at the head of a passage or page to introduce or categorize, 2. a head of a newspaper story or article usually printed in large type and giving the gist of the story or article that follows, front-page news , II. transitive verb Date: 1891 to provide with a ~, to publicize highly, to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show), III. adjective Date: 1939 deserving mention in a ~ ; very noteworthy