scare-head

or scare·head, scare head

[ skair-hed ]

noun

, Journalism.

1. a headline in exceptionally large type. Compare screamer ( def 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of scare-head¹

First recorded in 1885–90; scare + head

Example Sentences

Pratt's wealth, my connection, with an institution, insures a tremendous scare-head.

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Doctor Bimble took the damp sheet, still redolent of ink, and read aloud the triple-leaded article under the scare head.

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If I say so, he'll scare-head you as a faker—in letters all across the front page.

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The next morning's newspapers were embellished with scare-head-lines, all more or less complimentary to the women's candidate.

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The scare-head editor of the interviewing paper, looking through his man's copy for suitable prey, came across my admission.

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