running head

American  

noun

Printing.

1. a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.

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running head British  

noun

1. printing a heading printed at the top of every page or every other page of a book

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Etymology

Origin of running head

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

“We were just a tick out of position, Arenado got a running head start,” Cash said.

From Washington Times

“I got to start 15, 20 yards back and just get a running head start and just hit people,” he said.

From Washington Post

“We better enter 2020 with a running head start on earnings because there certainly was not much last year,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Cresset Capital Management in Chicago.

From Reuters

I mean, running against, you know, being in political opposition to, say, John Kerry in Massachusetts is a very different thing than running head to head against Donald Trump.

From The New Yorker

A week out from the combine, though, he has not clocked an official 40-yard dash, only working on the 10-second and 20-second intervals and a “flying 40” that allows him a running head start.

From Los Angeles Times