scare-head

American  

[skair-hed] / ˈskɛərˌhɛd /

Rarely scare headline or scarehead,

noun

Journalism.

1. a headline in exceptionally large type.

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Etymology

Origin of scare-head

First recorded in 1885–90; scare + head

Example Sentences

It told the whole story, like a "scare-head" in a "yellow" newspaper.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

The sidewalks were filled with agitated pedestrians fluttering scare-head newspapers under their noses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why, he had the Ortmeyer-Rawlins wedding fixed out with a scare-head THE WAY OF ALL FLESH!

From Project Gutenberg

A full-page Sunday story with a scare-head such as "Sacrifices Millions for His Servant Girl Love," pictures of Lester, Jennie, the house at Hyde Park, the Kane manufactory at Cincinnati, the warehouse on Michigan Avenue—certainly, such a display would make a sensation.

From Project Gutenberg